Expedition 52 was the 52nd expedition to the International Space Station. It officially began on June 2, 2017 10:47 UTC, with the undocking of Soyuz MS-03. Transfer of command from Expedition 51 was done on June 1, 2017.
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(l-r) Fischer, Yurchikhin, Whitson, Nespoli, Bresnik, RyazanskiyISS expeditions← Expedition 51Expedition 53 →
ISS Configuration after swapping Dragon for Cygnus, 5 June 2017
Clockwise from top right: Nespoli, Fischer, Whitson, Ryazankiy, Bresnick and Yurchikhin
International Space Station
The International Space Station (ISS) is a large space station assembled and maintained in low Earth orbit by a collaboration of five space agencies and their contractors: NASA, Roscosmos (Russia), JAXA (Japan), ESA (Europe), and CSA (Canada). The ISS is the largest space station ever built. Its primary purpose is to perform microgravity and space environment experiments.
Oblique underside view in November 2021
Comet Lovejoy photographed by Expedition 30 commander Dan Burbank
Expedition 8 Commander and Science Officer Michael Foale conducts an inspection of the Microgravity Science Glovebox
Fisheye view of several labs and the Space Shuttle