Expedition 23
 Mission insignia |
|||||
| Number of crew | 6 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launch site | Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan | ||||
| Launch craft | Soyuz TMA-17, Soyuz TMA-18 | ||||
| Start | 17 March 2010 08:03 UTC | ||||
| End | 2 June 2010 00:04 UTC | ||||
| Landing craft | Soyuz TMA-17 | ||||
| Landing site | Kazakhstan | ||||
| Duration | 76 days, 16 hours, 1 minute | ||||
 (l-r) Korniyenko, Caldwell Dyson, Skvortsov, Kotov, Creamer and Noguchi |
|||||
|
|||||
Expedition 23 (Russian: МКС-23) was the twenty-third long-duration mission to the International Space Station (ISS). Expedition 23 began with the Soyuz TMA-16 undocking on 18 March 2010. Shortly thereafter cosmonauts Aleksandr Skvortsov and Mikhail Korniyenko and astronaut Tracy Caldwell Dyson arrived at the Space Station on Soyuz TMA-18 on 4 April 2010.[1] The Soyuz spacecraft lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome at 00:04 EST on 2 April 2010.[2]
Contents |
[edit] Crew
| Position | First part (March 2010 to April 2010) |
Second part (April 2010 to June 2010) |
|---|---|---|
| Commander | Oleg Kotov, RSA Second spaceflight |
|
| Flight Engineer 1 | Soichi Noguchi, JAXA Second spaceflight |
|
| Flight Engineer 2 | Timothy Creamer, NASA First spaceflight |
|
| Flight Engineer 3 | Aleksandr Skvortsov, RSA First spaceflight |
|
| Flight Engineer 4 | Mikhail Korniyenko, RSA First spaceflight |
|
| Flight Engineer 5 | Tracy Caldwell Dyson, NASA Second spaceflight |
|
- Source
- NASA[3]
[edit] Backup crew
- Douglas H. Wheelock - Commander
- Anton Shkaplerov
- Satoshi Furukawa
- Mikhail Tyurin
- Aleksandr Samokutyayev
- Scott J. Kelly
[edit] Mission overview
Three Russian cosmonauts, two American and one Japanese astronauts made up the Expedition 23 crew. It was the first ISS crew to include three Russians at once.[4] The Expedition 23 crew continued outfitting the newest modules of the nearly completed space station. The crew welcomed the shuttle flight STS-131 in April 2010. The Expedition 23 crew also saw the arrival of the Rasvet Russian docking module (MRM1) aboard Space Shuttle Atlantis on STS-132, which launched on 14 May 2010.
[edit] Gallery
-
Caldwell Dyson, Skvortsov and Korniyenko in front of their Soyuz TMA-18 spacecraft.
-
Skvortsov, Caldwell Dyson and Korniyenko wave farewell from the bottom of the Soyuz rocket.
-
Soyuz TMA-18 launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome.
-
Expedition 23 crew members in the Destiny laboratory.
-
STS-131 & Expedition 23 group portrait.
-
Expedition 23 lands.
[edit] References
- ^ William Harwood (4 April 2010). "Soyuz capsule arrives at International Space Station". Spaceflightnow. http://www.spaceflightnow.com/station/exp23/100404dock.html. Retrieved 6 April 2010.
- ^ William Harwood (2 April 2010). "Soyuz crew transport capsule heads for space station". Spaceflightnow. http://www.spaceflightnow.com/station/exp23/100402launch.html. Retrieved 6 April 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 (April 2010). "Press Kit Expedition 23 and 24 Science for Six". http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/438155main_expedition_23_24_press_kit.pdf. Retrieved 6 April 2010.
[edit] External links
 |
Wikimedia Commons has media related to: ISS Expedition 23 |
