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Expedition 22

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Mission type
  
ISS Expedition

Expedition 22

Mission duration
  
167 days (at ISS)169 days (launch to landing)

Began
  
30 November 2009 (2009-11-30)

Ended
  
17 March 2010 (2010-03-18)

Arrived aboard
  
Soyuz TMA-16Soyuz TMA-17

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. 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.

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The expedition ended when Soyuz TMA-16 undocked on 17 March 2010, and was immediately followed by the start of Expedition 23.

Crew

Source
NASA

Backup crew

  • Shannon Walker – Commander
  • Aleksandr Skvortsov
  • Douglas H. Wheelock
  • Anton Shkaplerov
  • Satoshi Furukawa
  • References

    Expedition 22 Wikipedia


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