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| Mission type | Long-duration expedition |
|---|---|
| Mission duration | 76 days, 16 hours, 1 minute |
| Expedition | |
| Space station | International Space Station |
| Began | 18 March 2010, 08:03 (2010-03-18UTC08:03Z) UTC |
| Ended | 2 June 2010, 00:04 (2010-06-02UTC00:05Z) UTC |
| Arrived aboard | Soyuz TMA-17 Soyuz TMA-18 |
| Departed aboard | Soyuz TMA-17 Soyuz TMA-18 |
| Crew | |
| Crew size | 6 |
| Members | Expedition 22/23: Oleg Kotov Soichi Noguchi Timothy Creamer Expedition 23/24: Aleksandr Skvortsov Mikhail Korniyenko Tracy Caldwell Dyson |
 Expedition 23 mission patch  (l-r) Korniyenko, Caldwell Dyson, Skvortsov, Kotov, Creamer and Noguchi | |
Expedition 23 (Russian:МКС-23) was the 23rd long-duration mission to theInternational Space Station (ISS). Expedition 23 began with theSoyuz TMA-16 undocking on 18 March 2010. Shortly thereafter cosmonautsAleksandr Skvortsov andMikhail Korniyenko and astronautTracy Caldwell Dyson arrived at the Space Station on Soyuz TMA-18 on 4 April 2010.[1] The Soyuz spacecraft lifted off from theBaikonur Cosmodrome at 00:04 EST on 2 April 2010.[2]
| Position | First part (March 2010 to April 2010) | Second part (April 2010 to June 2010) |
|---|---|---|
| Commander |  Oleg Kotov,RSASecond spaceflight | |
| Flight Engineer 1 |  Soichi Noguchi,JAXASecond spaceflight | |
| Flight Engineer 2 |  Timothy Creamer,NASAOnly spaceflight | |
| Flight Engineer 3 | Aleksandr Skvortsov,RSA First spaceflight | |
| Flight Engineer 4 | Mikhail Korniyenko,RSA First spaceflight | |
| Flight Engineer 5 | Tracy Caldwell Dyson,NASA Second spaceflight | |
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.[4] The Expedition 23 crew continued outfitting the newest modules of the nearly completed space station. The crew welcomed the shuttle flightSTS-131 in April 2010. The Expedition 23 crew also saw the arrival of theRasvet Russian docking module (MRM1) aboardSpace Shuttle Atlantis onSTS-132, which launched on 14 May 2010.
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