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Expedition 23

23rd expedition to the International Space Station

Field	Value
name	Expedition 23
image	Expedition 23 Reservoir Dogs crew poster.jpg
image_caption	Promotional Poster
insignia	ISS Expedition 23 Patch.svg
insignia_caption	Expedition 23 mission patch
mission_type	Long-duration expedition
mission_duration	76 days, 16 hours, 1 minute
crew_size	6
crew_members	Expedition 22/23:
Oleg Kotov
Soichi Noguchi
Timothy Creamer
Expedition 23/24:
Aleksandr Skvortsov
Mikhail Korniyenko
Tracy Caldwell Dyson
crew_photo	Expedition 23 crew members.jpg
crew_photo_caption	(l-r) Korniyenko, Caldwell Dyson, Skvortsov, Kotov, Creamer and Noguchi
space_station	International Space Station
start_date	UTC
end_date	UTC
arrival_craft	Soyuz TMA-17
Soyuz TMA-18
departure_craft	Soyuz TMA-17
Soyuz TMA-18
previous_mission	Expedition 22
next_mission	Expedition 24
programme	ISS expeditions

Oleg Kotov Soichi Noguchi Timothy Creamer

Expedition 23/24: Aleksandr Skvortsov Mikhail Korniyenko Tracy Caldwell Dyson

Soyuz TMA-18 Soyuz TMA-18

Expedition 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. The Soyuz spacecraft lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome at 00:04 EST on 2 April 2010.

Crew

Position	First part
(March 2010 to April 2010)	Second part
(April 2010 to June 2010)	Commander	Flight Engineer 1	Flight Engineer 2	Flight Engineer 3	Flight Engineer 4	Flight Engineer 5
RUS Oleg Kotov, RSA
Second spaceflight
JPN Soichi Noguchi, JAXA
Second spaceflight
USA Timothy Creamer, NASA
Only spaceflight
	RUS Aleksandr Skvortsov, RSA
First spaceflight
	RUS Mikhail Korniyenko, RSA
First spaceflight
	USA Tracy Caldwell Dyson, NASA
Second spaceflight

;Source: NASA

Backup crew

Douglas H. Wheelock – Commander
Anton Shkaplerov
Satoshi Furukawa
Mikhail Tyurin
Aleksandr Samokutyayev
Scott J. Kelly

Mission overview

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. 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 on STS-132, which launched on 14 May 2010.

Gallery

Image:Expedition23 fit check dress rehearsal.jpg|Caldwell Dyson, Skvortsov and Korniyenko in front of their Soyuz TMA-18 spacecraft. Image:Expedition23 Crew Launch.jpg|Skvortsov, Caldwell Dyson and Korniyenko wave farewell from the bottom of the Soyuz rocket. Image:Soyuz TMA-18 launching.jpg|Soyuz TMA-18 launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome. File:STS-131 ISS Expedition 23 in-flight crew portrait.jpg|Expedition 23 crew members in the Destiny laboratory. Image:STS-131 & Expedition 23 Group Portrait.jpg|STS-131 & Expedition 23 group portrait. Image:Expedition 23 Landing.jpg|Expedition 23 lands.

References

Harwood, William. (4 April 2010). "Soyuz capsule arrives at International Space Station". Spaceflightnow.
William Harwood. (2 April 2010). "Soyuz crew transport capsule heads for space station". Spaceflightnow.
NASA HQ. (2008). "NASA Assigns Space Station Crews, Updates Expedition Numbering". NASA.
NASA. (April 2010). "Press Kit Expedition 23 and 24 Science for Six".
(3 April 2010). "Four Women will Fly in Space for the First Time in the History". Russian Federal Space Agency.

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