Expedition 22 was the twenty-second long duration crew flight to the International Space Station. This expedition began on 1 December 2009 when the Expedition 21 crew departed. For a period of three w
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(l-r) Creamer, Williams, Surayev, Kotov and NoguchiISS expeditions← Expedition 21Expedition 23 →
Kotov, Creamer and Noguchi.
The Soyuz TMA-17 spacecraft is rolled out by train to the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan.
Expedition 23 was the 23rd long-duration mission to the International Space Station. Expedition 23 began with the Soyuz TMA-16 undocking on 18 March 2010. Shortly thereafter cosmonauts Aleksandr Skvor
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(l-r) Korniyenko, Caldwell Dyson, Skvortsov, Kotov, Creamer and NoguchiISS expeditions← Expedition 22Expedition 24 →
The three astronauts of STS-131 and Tracy Caldwell (bottom left) of ISS Expedition 23, the first time four women being at the same time in space.
Caldwell Dyson, Skvortsov and Korniyenko in front of their Soyuz TMA-18 spacecraft.