The Expedition Five crew were launched to the International Space Station 7 June 2002 on board Space Shuttle Atlantis. They will stay on ISS approximately five months. During their stay they will receive an eight-day visit from the Soyuz taxi-flight crew of the Odissea Mission including ESA astronaut Frank De Winne from Belgium.
Cosmonaut Valery G. Korzun (left), Expedition Five mission Commander; Astronaut Peggy A. Whitson and Cosmonaut Sergei Y. Treschev, both Flight Engineers.