Expedition 17

Expedition 17 was the 17th expedition to the International Space Station (ISS).

The first two crew members, Sergey Volkov, and Oleg Kononenko were launched on April 8 2008, aboard the Soyuz TMA-12. Once aboard the station, they joined Garrett Reisman, who transfered from Expedition 16 to join the Expedition 17 crew.

Reisman was replaced by Gregory Chamitoff, who launched aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery mission STS-124 on May 31, 2008. Volkov and Kononenko landed safely on October 24, 2008, while Chamitoff remained aboard the station as an Expedition 18 crewmember.

Crew

(#) indicates the number of spaceflights each crew member has completed, including this mission.

Sergei Volkov, 35, is the youngest person to command the ISS.
Garrett Reisman is the first Jewish resident of the ISS.^{[citation needed]}
Gregory Chamitoff is the first crewmember to take bagels with him to the station; three bags of 18 sesame seed bagels.^[3]^[4]

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^ CTV.ca Montreal-born astronaut brings bagels into space Sun. Jun. 1 2008 7:29 PM ET ; CTV National News - 1 June 2008 - 11pm TV newscast
^ The Gazette (Montreal), Here's proof: Montreal bagels are out of this world, IRWIN BLOCK, Tuesday June 3 2008, Section A, Page A2

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