
NASA Expedition Eighteen Page
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ISS EarthKAM Flight Number: 31
NASA Increment: Eighteen
Launch: October 12, 2008 from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Russia
Docking: October 14, 2008
Landing: April 7, 2009
Mission Objective: Work with experiments across a wide variety of fields, including human life sciences, physical sciences and Earth observation, as well as education and technology demonstrations. Many experiments are designed to gather information about the effects of long-duration spaceflight on the human body, which will help with planning future exploration missions to the moon and Mars.
Number of participating schools:
Total photos taken: 1040
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