Expedition 23

ISS Expedition 23
	Promotional Poster
Mission type	ISS Expedition
Mission duration	76 days, 16 hours, 1 minute
Expedition
Space station	International Space Station
Began	18 March 2010, 08:03 UTC
Ended	2 June 2010, 00:04 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 ISS expeditions ← Expedition 22 Expedition 24 →

Expedition 23 (Russian: МКС-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.^[1] The Soyuz spacecraft lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome at 00:04 EST on 2 April 2010.^[2]

^ Harwood, William (4 April 2010). "Soyuz capsule arrives at International Space Station". Spaceflightnow. Retrieved 6 April 2010.
^ William Harwood (2 April 2010). "Soyuz crew transport capsule heads for space station". Spaceflightnow. Retrieved 6 April 2010.

[1] Harwood, William (4 April 2010). "Soyuz capsule arrives at International Space Station". Spaceflightnow. Retrieved 6 April 2010.

[2] William Harwood (2 April 2010). "Soyuz crew transport capsule heads for space station". Spaceflightnow. Retrieved 6 April 2010.

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