Soyuz

Flight Details 11

Soyuz TMA-17 (ISS 21)

Mission Statistics:

• Date: 12/20/2009
• Flight Time: 163d 05h 32m
• Number of Orbits: 2574 orbits

Cosmonaut Crew:

• Oleg Kotov (Russia) ISS #22/23 Crews
• Timothy "TJ" Creamer (United States) ISS #22/23 Crews
• Soichi Noguchi (Japan) ISS #22/23 Crews

EVA's:

• None

Payloads:

• Space Station Expedition Crew #22

Mission Highlights: The second half of the ISS-22 crew was launched on December 20, 2009 aboard Soyuz TMA-17 (the 21st Soyuz mission to the International Space Station). Kotov, Creamer, and Noguchi joined ISS Expedition 22 commander Jeff Williams and flight engineer Max Suraev who were already aboard the ISS. When Williams and Suraev returned to Earth, Kotov, Creamer, and Noguchi transition into being the core of the ISS-23 crew. In total, they spent more than 163 days in space, returning to Earth in their Soyuz TMA-17 craft on June 1, 2010.

Soyuz TMA-18 (ISS 22)

Mission Statistics:

• Date: 04/02/2010
• Flight Time: 180d __h __m (est)
• Number of Orbits: ____ orbits

Cosmonaut Crew:

• Alexander Skvortsov (Russia) ISS #23/24 Crews
• Mikhail Kornienko (Russia) ISS #23/24 Crews
• Tracy Caldwell Dyson (United States) ISS #23/24 Crews

EVA's:

• None

Payloads:

• Space Station Expedition Crew #23

Mission Highlights: The second half of the ISS-23 crew was launched on April 2, 2010 aboard Soyuz TMA-18 (the 22nd Soyuz mission to the International Space Station). Skvortsov, Kornienko, and Dyson joined ISS Expedition 23 commander Oleg Kotov and crew members Creamer and Noguchi, who were already aboard the ISS as part of the former ISS Expedition 22 crew. When Kotov, Creamer, and Noguchi returned to Earth in June 2010, Skvortsov, Kornienko, and Dyson transitioned to being designated the core of the ISS-24 crew.

Soyuz TMA-19 (ISS 23)

Mission Statistics:

• Date: 06/16/2010
• Flight Time: 180d __h __m (est)
• Number of Orbits: ____ orbits

Cosmonaut Crew:

• Fyodor Yurchikin (Russia) ISS #24 Crew
• Douglas Wheelock (United States) ISS #24 Crew
• Shannon Walker (United States) ISS #24 Crew

EVA's:

• None

Payloads:

• Space Station Expedition Crew #24

Mission Highlights: The second half of the ISS-24 crew was launched on June 16, 2010 aboard Soyuz TMA-19 (the 23nd Soyuz mission to the International Space Station). Yurchikhin, Wheelock, and Walker joined ISS Expedition 24 commander Alexander Skvortsov and crew members Mikhail Kornienko and Tracy Caldwell Dyson, who were already aboard the ISS as part of the former ISS Expedition 23 crew.

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Last Updated: June 30, 2010