Expedition 22

Expedition 22
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Mission typeLong-duration expedition
Mission duration167 days (at ISS)
169 days (launch to landing)
Expedition
Space stationInternational Space Station
Began1 December 2009 (2009-12)
Ended18 March 2010 (2010-03-19)
Arrived aboardSoyuz TMA-16
Soyuz TMA-17
Departed aboardSoyuz TMA-16
Soyuz TMA-17
Crew
Crew size5
MembersExpedition 21/22:
Jeffrey N. Williams
Maksim Surayev

Expedition 22/23:
Oleg Kotov
Soichi Noguchi
Timothy Creamer
EVAs1
EVA duration5 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

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Position First Part
(1 – 22 December 2009)
Second Part
(22 December 2009 – 18 March 2010)
Commander United States Jeffrey N. Williams, NASA
Third spaceflight
Flight Engineer 1 Russia Maksim Surayev, RSA
First spaceflight
Flight Engineer 2 Russia Oleg Kotov, RSA
Second spaceflight
Flight Engineer 3 Japan Soichi Noguchi, JAXA
Second spaceflight
Flight Engineer 4 United States Timothy Creamer, NASA
Only spaceflight

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Backup crew

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Spacewalks

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EVA[3] Spacewalkers[4] Start (UTC) End (UTC) Duration
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.
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See also

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References

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Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

  1. ^ "NASA – Expedition 22 Crew Launches From Kazakhstan". Nasa.gov. 21 December 2009. Retrieved 21 January 2010.
  2. ^ NASA HQ (2008). "NASA Assigns Space Station Crews, Updates Expedition Numbering". NASA. Archived from the original on 17 April 2012. Retrieved 21 November 2008.
  3. ^ NASA. "STS-131 Mission Summary (PDF)" (PDF). NASA. Retrieved 25 March 2010.
  4. ^ NASA. "STS-131 Mission Information". Retrieved 5 February 2010.
  5. ^ "Crew Completes First Expedition 22 Spacewalk". NASA. 15 January 2010. Retrieved 15 January 2010.
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