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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 8 April 2008, aboard the Soyuz TMA-12. Once aboard the station, they joined Garrett Reisman, who transferred 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 31 May 2008. Volkov and Kononenko landed safely on 24 October 2008, while Chamitoff remained aboard the station as an Expedition 18 crewmember. ==Crew== *Sergei Volkov, 35, was the youngest person to command the ISS. *Garrett Reisman was the first Jewish resident of the ISS. *Gregory Chamitoff was the first crewmember to take bagels with him to the station; three bags of 18 sesame seed bagels.〔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〕〔Block, Irwin (3 June 2008) ("Here's proof: Montreal bagels are out of this world" ), ''The Gazette'' (Montreal), Section A, Page A2〕 *Reisman launched to the station on STS-123 in March, which was during the Expedition 16 spaceflight. He landed on STS-124. *Chamitoff launched to the station on STS-124 in June, and stayed through Expedition 18, leaving the station on STS-126 in November. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Expedition 17」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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