<Tr> <Th> Members </Th> <Td> William Shepherd Yuri Gidzenko Sergei K. Krikalev </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <P> </P> L-R: Sergei K. Krikalev (Russia), William M. (Bill) Shepherd (United States), and Yuri Pavlovich Gidzenko (Russia) ISS expeditions Expedition 2 → </Td> </Tr> <P> Expedition 1 was the first long - duration stay on the International Space Station (ISS). The three - person crew stayed aboard the station for 136 days, from November 2000 to March 2001 . It was the beginning of an uninterrupted human presence on the station which continues as of November 2017 . Expedition 2, which also had three crew members, immediately followed Expedition 1 . </P> <P> The official start of the expedition occurred when the crew docked to the station on 2 November 2000, aboard the Russian spacecraft Soyuz TM - 31, which had launched two days earlier . During their mission, the Expedition 1 crew activated various systems on board the station, unpacked equipment that had been delivered, and hosted three visiting Space Shuttle crews and two unmanned Russian Progress resupply vehicles . The crew was very busy throughout the mission, which was declared a success . </P>

When did humans first occupy the international space station