Expedition 22

    ISS022-S-002A: Expedition 22 crew Image above: From the left (front row) are Commander Jeffrey Williams and Flight Engineer Oleg Kotov, flight engineer. From the left (back row) are T.J. Creamer, Maxim Suraev and Soichi Noguchi, all flight engineers.

Crew Profiles

  • Astronaut Jeff Williams

    Commander Jeffrey N. Williams

    Astronaut Jeffrey Williams will serve as a flight engineer for Expedition 21 and commander of Expedition 22. He previously resided on the space station for six months in 2006 as a member of the Expedition 13 crew.

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  • Cosmonaut Maxim Suraev

    Flight Engineer Maxim Suraev

    Cosmonaut Maxim Suraev will serve as a flight engineer for Expeditions 21 and 22. He was selected as a test-cosmonaut candidate of the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center Cosmonaut Office in December 1997.

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  • Oleg Kotov

    Flight Engineer Oleg Kotov

    Cosmonaut Oleg Kotov will serve as an Expedition 22 flight engineer and Expedition 23 commander. In 2007 Kotov served a six-month tour of duty aboard the International Space Station as an Expedition 15 flight engineer.

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  • Soichi Noguchi

    Flight Engineer Soichi Noguchi

    Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Soichi Noguchi will fly to the station aboard the Soyuz TMA-17 spacecraft to serve as a flight engineer for Expeditions 22 and 23. Previously, he flew on STS-114 Discovery in 2005 and participated in three spacewalks.

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  • Timothy J. Creamer

    Flight Engineer Timothy J. (T.J.) Creamer

    NASA astronaut T.J. Creamer will fly to the International Space Station aboard the Soyuz TMA-17 spacecraft to serve as a flight engineer for Expeditions 22 and 23. This is his first spaceflight.

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Overview

    Expedition 22 patch

    Expedition 22 begins with the Soyuz TMA-15 undocking in November 2009. Three new crew members will arrive shortly thereafter on Soyuz TMA-17.

    Soyuz TMA-16
    Crew: Jeff Williams, Maxim Suraev
    Launch: Sept. 30, 2009
    Docking: Oct. 2, 2009
    Landing: March 18, 2010

    Soyuz TMA-17
    Crew: Oleg Kotov, Soichi Noguchi, T.J. Creamer
    Launch: Dec. 21, 2009
    Docking: Dec. 23, 2009
    Landing: May 2010

    › Expedition 21/22 Press Kit (6.1 Mb PDF)

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