Reiter became the first European long-duration crew member on the International Space Station when he officially joined the crew of the ISS at 19:13 UTC on 6 July 2006 upon the complete installation of his Soyuz spacecraft seat liner, allowing him to return to Earth aboard the docked Soyuz craft.

It was originally scheduled to include a golf shot off the space station but the event was postponed to Expedition 14, as NASA was still evaluating the risks.

[3] The spacewalk ran behind schedule, requiring an extra 50 minutes to be added to the length in order to complete the camera replacement.

Other tasks during the walk included repair of a vent for the station's oxygen-producing Elektron unit, and retrieval of experiment packages.

[5] This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.