Expedition 35 was the 35th long-duration mission to the International Space Station (ISS). The expedition started 13 March 2013, and marked the first time a Canadian astronaut – Colonel Chris Hadfield – was in command of the station. Expedition 35 was also only the second time an ISS crew is led by neither a NASA astronaut, nor a Roscosmos cosmonaut, after Expedition 21 in 2009, when ESA astronaut Frank De Winne was in command. The expedition lasted two months.
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| Mission type | Long-duration expedition |
|---|---|
| Expedition | |
| Space station | International Space Station |
| Began | 15 March 2013 |
| Ended | 13 May 2013[1] |
| Arrived aboard | Soyuz TMA-07M Soyuz TMA-08M |
| Departed aboard | Soyuz TMA-07M Soyuz TMA-08M |
| Crew | |
| Crew size | 6 |
| Members | Expedition 34/35: Chris Hadfield Thomas Marshburn Roman Romanenko Expedition 35/36: Christopher Cassidy Pavel Vinogradov Aleksandr Misurkin |
 Expedition 35 mission patch  (l-r) Misurkin, Cassidy, Romanenko, Marshburn, Vinogradov and Hadfield | |
Crew
edit| Positions | First Part (March 2013) |
Second Part (March 2013 to May 2013) |
|---|---|---|
| Commander |  Chris Hadfield, CSAThird and last[2] spaceflight | |
| Flight Engineer 1 |  Thomas Marshburn, NASASecond spaceflight | |
| Flight Engineer 2 |  Roman Romanenko, RSASecond and last spaceflight | |
| Flight Engineer 3 | Christopher Cassidy, NASA Second spaceflight | |
| Flight Engineer 4 | Pavel Vinogradov, RSA Third spaceflight | |
| Flight Engineer 5 | Aleksandr Misurkin, RSA First spaceflight | |
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Mission highlights
editThe mission generated considerable media attention and turned Commander Chris Hadfield into a minor celebrity. The expedition made extensive use of social media, and several videos uploaded to YouTube have generated millions of hits. In particular, Hadfield was involved in the "first music video recorded in space", a rendition of David Bowie's 1969 song "Space Oddity".[5] Hadfield was also involved in the revealing of the Bank of Canada's new $5 note, part of the Frontier Series of polymer bills released in 2013. The revealing occurred via video on the ISS.[6]
During Expedition 35, the SpaceX CRS-2 mission successfully delivered supplies to the station and returned some cargo from space. This was the second of SpaceX's contracted cargo flights to the ISS and the first to use the unpressurized trunk section.
On 11 May 11, 2013, Christopher Cassidy and Thomas Marshburn performed an unplanned spacewalk to replace a pump controller box suspected to be the source of an ammonia coolant leak.[7][8]
References
edit- ^ "Expedition 35 Crew Lands Safely in Kazakhstan". NASA. Archived from the original on 12 November 2020. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
- ^ Canadian Press (10 June 2013) Astronaut Chris Hadfield to retire from Canadian Space Agency, retrieved 10 June 2013
- ^ NASA. "NASA and Its Partners Announce a New Space Station Crew". Retrieved 2 September 2010.
- ^ "NASA And Partners Name Upcoming Space Station Crew Members". NASA. Retrieved 19 February 2011.
- ^ Nancy Atkinson. "Space Oddity: Hadfield Records First Music Video from Space". Retrieved 29 March 2014.
- ^ Lesley Ciarula Taylor. "Astronaut Chris Hadfield helps unveil new Canadian $5 and $10 bills". Toronto Star. Retrieved 29 March 2014.
- ^ Pearlman, Robert Z. (11 May 2013). "Unplanned Spacewalk a 'Precedent-Setting' Move for Space Station Crew". TechMediaNetwork, Inc. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
- ^ NASA (11 May 2013). "Astronauts Complete Spacewalk to Repair Ammonia Leak". NASA. Archived from the original on 18 July 2019. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
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