Expedition 22
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| Number of crew | 5 | ||||
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| Launch site | Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan | ||||
| Launch craft | Soyuz TMA-16, Soyuz TMA-17 | ||||
| Start | 30 November 2009 | ||||
| End | 17 March 2010 | ||||
| Landing craft | Soyuz TMA-16 | ||||
| Landing site | Arkalyk, Kazakhstan | ||||
| Duration | 167 days | ||||
| Mission duration | 169 days | ||||
 (l-r) Creamer, Williams, Surayev, Kotov and Noguchi |
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Expedition 22 was the 22nd long duration crew flight to the International Space Station (ISS). This expedition began in November 2009 when the Expedition 21 crew departed. For a period of 3 weeks, there were only 2 crew members; it was the first time that had happened since STS-114 had delivered a third person to restore the ISS crew to 3. Commander Jeff Williams and flight engineer Maksim Surayev were joined by the rest of their crew on 22 December 2009, making the Expedition 22 a crew of five.[1]
The expedition ended when Soyuz TMA-16 undocked on 17 March 2010, and was immediately followed by the start of Expedition 23.
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[edit] Crew
| Position | First Part (November 2009 to December 2009) |
Second Part (December 2009 to March 2010) |
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| Commander | Jeffrey N. Williams, NASA Third spaceflight |
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| Flight Engineer 1 | Maksim Surayev, RSA First spaceflight |
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| Flight Engineer 2 | Oleg Kotov, RSA Second spaceflight |
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| Flight Engineer 3 | Soichi Noguchi, JAXA Second spaceflight |
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| Flight Engineer 4 | Timothy Creamer, NASA First spaceflight |
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- NASA[2]
[edit] Backup crew
- Shannon Walker - Commander
- Aleksandr Skvortsov
- Douglas H. Wheelock
- Anton Shkaplerov
- Satoshi Furukawa
[edit] Spacewalks
| EVA[3] | Spacewalkers[4] | Start (UTC) | End (UTC) | Duration |
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| EVA 1 |
Oleg Kotov Maksim Surayev |
14 January 2010 10:05 |
14 January 2010 15:49 |
5 hours, 44 minutes |
| Prepared the Poisk module for future dockings.[5] Spacewalk was performed using Orlan spacesuits. | ||||
[edit] Gallery
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Kotov, Creamer and Noguchi.
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The Soyuz TMA-17 spacecraft is rolled out by train to the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan.
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The Soyuz TMA-17 rocket lifts off headed for the ISS on Expedition 22.
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Kotov used a digital still camera to take this self-portrait during a January 2010 space-walk.
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The Expedition 22 crew landed on Thursday, 18 March 2010.
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[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ "NASA - Expedition 22 Crew Launches From Kazakhstan". Nasa.gov. 21 December 2009. http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition22/exp22_launch.html. Retrieved 21 January 2010.
- ^ NASA HQ (2008). "NASA Assigns Space Station Crews, Updates Expedition Numbering". NASA. http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2008/nov/HQ_08-306_Expedition_crews.html. Retrieved 21 November 2008.
- ^ NASA. "STS-131 Mission Summary (PDF)". NASA. http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/435319main_STS131%20mission%20summary.pdf. Retrieved 25 March 2010.
- ^ NASA. "STS-131 Mission Information". http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts131/index.html. Retrieved 5 February 2010.
- ^ "Crew Completes First Expedition 22 Spacewalk". NASA. 15 January 2010. http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html. Retrieved 15 January 2010.
[edit] External links
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