APRIL 2008 TABLE OF CONTENTS i
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Section Page
MISSION OVERVIEW............................................................................................................... 1
EXPEDITION 17 CREW............................................................................................................. 5
MISSION MILESTONES ........................................................................................................... 13
EXPEDITION 17 SPACEWALKS ................................................................................................ 15
RUSSIAN SOYUZ TMA ............................................................................................................. 17
SOYUZ BOOSTER ROCKET CHARACTERISTICS .................................................................................... 21
PRELAUNCH COUNTDOWN TIMELINE ................................................................................................... 22
ASCENT/INSERTION TIMELINE ............................................................................................................ 23
ORBITAL INSERTION TO DOCKING TIMELINE ...................................................................................... 24
KEY TIMES FOR EXPEDITION 17/16 ISS EVENTS.................................................................................. 29
EXPEDITION 16/SOYUZ TMA-11 LANDING ............................................................................................ 31
SOYUZ ENTRY TIMELINE ...................................................................................................................... 35
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION: EXPEDITION 17 SCIENCE OVERVIEW .............................. 39
THE PAYLOAD OPERATIONS CENTER...................................................................................... 45
ISS-17 RUSSIAN RESEARCH OBJECTIVES.............................................................................. 49
EUROPEAN EXPERIMENT PROGRAM ....................................................................................... 57
DIGITAL NASA TELEVISION .................................................................................................... 65
EXPEDITION 17 PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICERS (PAO) CONTACTS ............................................. 67