Name: Chiao, Leroy Country: USA M/F: M Number of Flights: 4

Space Flights Launch Date - Shuttle Landing Date - Shuttle
1. STS-65 July 8, 1994 - Columbia July 23, 1994 - Columbia
2. STS-72 January 11, 1996 - Endeavour January 20, 1996 - Endeavour
3. STS-92 October 11, 2000 - Discovery October 24, 2000 - Discovery
Space Flights Launch Date - Flight Up Landing Date - Flight Down
4. ISS Crew 10 October 14, 2004 - Soyuz TMA-5 April 24, 2005 - Soyuz TMA-5

Space Flights Descriptions
1. STS-65 International Microgravity Laboratory Mission 2 (IML-2)
2. STS-72 Retrieved Japanese Space Flyer Unit
Deployed and retrieved the OAST-Flyer
3. STS-92 ISS Assembly Mission 3A
Delivered the Z1 Truss Segment on October 14, 2000 and PMA-3 on October 16, 2000 - Discovery docked with the International Space Station (ISS) from October 13, 2000 to October 20, 2000.
ISS Crew 8A
(Cancelled)
ISS "Alpha" Expedition Backup Crew 8A
Following the loss of Columbia, the original crew was replaced by the two person "caretaker" crew of Michael Foale and Aleksandr Kaleri.
ISS Crew 9
(Backup Crew)
ISS "Alpha" Expedition "Caretaker" Crew 9
ISS Crew 9B
(Cancelled)
ISS "Alpha" Expedition "Caretaker" Crew 9B
William McArthur left the ISS Crew 9B due to a temporary medical problem in January 2004, and was replaced by Leroy Chiao. The new crew was replaced by Michael Fincke and Gennadi Padalka after "psychological compatibility" problems emerged between Chiao and Valeri Tokarev.
ISS Crew 10A
(Cancelled)
ISS "Alpha" Expedition Crew 10A
Following the loss of Columbia, the original crew was replaced by the two person "caretaker" crew of Leroy Chiao and Salizhan Sharipov.
4. ISS Crew 10 ISS "Alpha" Expedition "Caretaker" Crew 10 (ISS Crew Transfer Flight 9S)
Docked with the International Space Station (ISS) on October 16, 2004 aboard Soyuz TMA-5
Returned to Earth aboard Soyuz TMA-5 on April 24, 2005

Spacewalks - 6
Space Flights Date & Duration Purpose
STS-72 January 15, 1996 Gain spacewalking experience for International Space Station assembly
6 hours 9 minutes
STS-72 January 17, 1996 Gain spacewalking experience for International Space Station assembly
6 hours 54 minutes

STS-92 October 15, 2000 International Space Station Assembly - Relocate S-Band Antenna Support Assembly to Z1 Truss Segment. Install the port Extravehicular Tool Storage Device on the Z1 Truss Segment. Connect cables between the Unity module and the Z1 Truss Segment. Install and deploy the Space-to-Ground Antenna dish
6 hours 28 minutes
STS-92 October 17, 2000 International Space Station Assembly - Install two DC-to-DC Converter Unit-Heat Pipes on the Z1 Truss Segment, and the starboard Extravehicular Tool Storage Device on the Z1 Truss Segment
6 hours 48 minutes

ISS Crew 10 January 26, 2005 International Space Station Assembly - Install Universal Work Platform on Zvezda. Install Rokviss experiment, and new supporting antenna. Relocate Japanese experiment. Install Russian experiment (Biorisk)
5 hours 28 minutes
ISS Crew 10 March 28, 2005 International Space Station Assembly - Install GPS navigation antenna and three new communication antennas for the new European Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV). Deploy the Nanosatellite by hand
4 hours 30 minutes

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Updated - March 21, 2008