russian known nineteenth manned expedition space station lasting june september crew consisting russian launched june aboard space shuttle atlantis mission remaining aboard approximately days returned aboard spacecraft september lasted months complete russian expedition expedition launched american space shuttle mission launched space shuttle docking crew served crew member prior flight aboard previous flights completed training completed specialized training systems spacecraft spent days space completed earth backup crew mission highlights crew launch arrival crew launched aboard space shuttle atlantis june mission docking space shuttle space station docking american russian spacecraft years docked june performed crew exchange crews aboard space station crews performed ceremony inside aboard atlantis crew members assembled commemorative exchanged gifts shortly crews began transferring supplies tools atlantis july newly arrived crew temporarily station aboard observe photograph departure crews aboard atlantis followed crew aboard atlantis conducted fly station atlantis carrying crews landed july days earth orbit mission operations crew conducted extra activity july mission crew trained use special tools order release stuck solar array exterior module pair cut problematic restraint solar array section array deployed successfully proceeded inspect docking mechanism preparation relocation module final task inspect solar array tracking sun properly excursion ended hours thirty minutes outside station crew relocated module docking port port intended use progress july arm operation performed preparation docking space shuttle atlantis station mission later year mission second july crew deploy belgian french named infrared module following malfunction space suit minutes excursion mission control directed remain attached module cable despite setback able perform tasks including preparatory work installment american cosmic ray trek crew returned hours minutes returning crew discovered gap seal created difficulty sealing hatch july saw launch progress resupply ship station docked july progress spacecraft remained docked station september filled waste excess equipment intentionally burned mission final july second attempt installing completed major problems lasted hours thirty minutes later mission august crew focused completing experiments research areas life sciences remainder crew activities time consisted unloading newly arrived progress cargo ship monitoring automated station core module end mission crew departure crew consisting astronaut conducting launched september aboard crew docked station september hatch opening occurring transferring command crew boarded spacecraft arrived crew march september module subsequently landed northeast
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