Five years of ISS crews

[Whitters]

Just over five years ago the Soyuz TM-31 spacecraft was launched into orbit. There had been 30 previous launches of the Soyuz-TM spacecraft, all of which went to the Mir Space Station. This flight however was a landmark in spaceflight history as it carried the first Expedition Crew to the International Space Station where it arrived and docked two days later.

More at:
http://www.esa.int/esaHS/SEMS9D638FE_index_0.html

[Rick]

The crew of the International Space Station has performed the first spacewalk since Shuttle's return to flight.

The mission was not an extraordinary one: NASA astronaut Bill McArthur and Russian cosmonaut Valery Tokarev installed a new camera on the station, removed a broken electronics box and took down a defunct science probe.

See http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/11/08/iss_crew_stretches_legs/