Expedition_23
Expedition 23 (Russian: МКС-23) was the 23rd 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]
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| Mission type | ISS Expedition |
|---|---|
| Mission duration | 76 days, 16 hours, 1 minute |
| Expedition | |
| Space station | International Space Station |
| Began | 18 March 2010, 08:03 (2010-03-18UTC08:03Z) UTC |
| Ended | 2 June 2010, 00:04 (2010-06-02UTC00:05Z) UTC |
| Arrived aboard | Soyuz TMA-17 Soyuz TMA-18 |
| Departed aboard | Soyuz TMA-17 Soyuz TMA-18 |
| Crew | |
| Crew size | 6 |
| Members | Expedition 22/23: Oleg Kotov Soichi Noguchi Timothy Creamer Expedition 23/24: Aleksandr Skvortsov Mikhail Korniyenko Tracy Caldwell Dyson |
Expedition 23 mission patch (l-r) Korniyenko, Caldwell Dyson, Skvortsov, Kotov, Creamer and Noguchi | |
| Position | First part (March 2010 to April 2010) |
Second part (April 2010 to June 2010) |
|---|---|---|
| Commander |  Oleg Kotov, RSASecond spaceflight | |
| Flight Engineer 1 |  Soichi Noguchi, JAXASecond spaceflight | |
| Flight Engineer 2 |  Timothy Creamer, NASAOnly 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 | |
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- NASA[3]
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.
- 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.
This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
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