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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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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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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Previously assigned as an Expedition 21/22 backup crew member, Alexander Skvortsov will command the Soyuz TMA-18 spacecraft on a mission to the International Space Station to serve as an Expedition 23 flight engineer and commander of Expedition 24.
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NASA astronaut Tracy Caldwell Dyson will fly to the International Space Station aboard the Soyuz TMA-18 spacecraft to serve as a flight engineer for Expeditions 23 and 24. In August 2007, Caldwell Dyson visited the station as an STS-118 Endeavour mission specialist.
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Selected as a cosmonaut in 1991, Mikhail Kornienko will travel to the International Space Station aboard the Soyuz TMA-18 spacecraft to serve as a flight engineer for Expeditions 23 and 24. This will be Kornienko's first spaceflight.
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Visit the Expedition 22/23 photo gallery.
Visit the space station photo gallery to see collections of images that capture the orbital outpost's history.