Expedition 22
Mission type | Long-duration expedition |
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Mission duration | 167 days (at ISS) 169 days (launch to landing) |
Expedition | |
Space station | International Space Station |
Began | 1 December 2009 |
Ended | 18 March 2010 |
Arrived aboard | Soyuz TMA-16 Soyuz TMA-17 |
Departed aboard | Soyuz TMA-16 Soyuz TMA-17 |
Crew | |
Crew size | 5 |
Members | Expedition 21/22: Jeffrey N. Williams Maksim Surayev Expedition 22/23: Oleg Kotov Soichi Noguchi Timothy Creamer |
EVAs | 1 |
EVA duration | 5 hours, 44 minutes |
Expedition 22 mission patch (l-r) Creamer, Williams, Surayev, Kotov and Noguchi |
Expedition 22 was the twenty-second long duration crew flight to the International Space Station (ISS). This expedition began on 1 December 2009 when the Expedition 21 crew departed. For a period of three weeks, there were only two crew members; it was the first time that had occurred since STS-114. 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 had ended when Soyuz TMA-16 undocked on 18 March 2010, and was immediately followed by the start of Expedition 23.
Crew
[edit]Position | First Part (1 – 22 December 2009) | Second Part (22 December 2009 – 18 March 2010) | |
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Commander | Jeffrey N. Williams, NASA Third spaceflight | ||
Flight Engineer 1 | Maksim Surayev, RSA First spaceflight | ||
Flight Engineer 2 | Oleg Kotov, RSA Second spaceflight | ||
Flight Engineer 3 | Soichi Noguchi, JAXA Second spaceflight | ||
Flight Engineer 4 | Timothy Creamer, NASA Only spaceflight |
Backup crew
[edit]- Shannon Walker – Commander
- Aleksandr Skvortsov
- Douglas H. Wheelock
- Anton Shkaplerov
- Satoshi Furukawa
Spacewalks
[edit]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. |
Gallery
[edit]- Kotov, Creamer and Noguchi.
- The Soyuz TMA-17 spacecraft is rolled out by train to the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan.
- The Soyuz TMA-17 rocket lifts off headed for the ISS on Expedition 22.
- The Expedition 22 crew landed on Thursday, 18 March 2010.
See also
[edit]- 2010 in spaceflight
- List of human spaceflights
- List of International Space Station spacewalks
- List of spacewalks 2000–2014
References
[edit]This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
- ^ "NASA – Expedition 22 Crew Launches From Kazakhstan". Nasa.gov. 21 December 2009. Retrieved 21 January 2010.
- ^ NASA HQ (2008). "NASA Assigns Space Station Crews, Updates Expedition Numbering". NASA. Archived from the original on 17 April 2012. Retrieved 21 November 2008.
- ^ NASA. "STS-131 Mission Summary (PDF)" (PDF). NASA. Retrieved 25 March 2010.
- ^ NASA. "STS-131 Mission Information". Retrieved 5 February 2010.
- ^ "Crew Completes First Expedition 22 Spacewalk". NASA. 15 January 2010. Retrieved 15 January 2010.
External links
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