Expedition 22

ISS Expedition 22
Expedition
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Mission type	ISS Expedition
Mission duration	167 days (at ISS) 169 days (launch to landing)


Space station	International Space Station
Began	1 December 2009 (2009-12)
Ended	18 March 2010 (2010-03-19)
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 ISS expeditions ← Expedition 21 Expedition 23 →

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

Position	First Part (1 – 22 December 2009)	Second Part (22 December 2009 – 18 March 2010)
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

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Backup crew

Spacewalks

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
EVA 1	Prepared the Poisk module for future dockings.^[5] Spacewalk was performed using Orlan spacesuits.

Gallery

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.
Kotov used a digital still camera to take this self-portrait during a January 2010 space-walk.
The Expedition 22 crew landed on Thursday, 18 March 2010.

References

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.