Expedition 22

Occurred 14 years ago

The Expedition 21 and 22 crews explored how microgravity affects the cardiovascular system, spatial cognition, and aerobic capacity to promote healthy astronauts and successful missions. The crews also observed fluids that change properties when exposed to magnetic fields and evaluated the thermophysical properties of materials when casting technical alloys.

Mission Type

ISS Expedition

meet the crew

Jeff Williams, Oleg Kotov, Soichi Noguchi, Maxim Suraev, T.J. Creamer

Launch

Sept. 30, 2009

Landing

March 18, 2010

Expedition 22 Official Crew Portrait — Expedition 22 crew members take a break from training at NASA’s Johnson Space Center to pose for a crew portrait. From the left (front row) are NASA astronaut Jeffrey Williams, commander; and Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kotov, flight engineer. From the left (back row) are NASA astronaut T.J. Creamer, Russian cosmonaut Maxim Suraev and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Soichi Noguchi, all flight engineers.
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Expedition 22 Official Crew Insignia — The official insignia of the Expedition 22 mission aboard the International Space Station.
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Crew Members

Jeffrey Williams, Commander
Oleg Kotov, Flight Engineer
Soichi Noguchi, Flight Engineer
Maxim Suraev, Flight Engineer
T.J. Creamer, Flight Engineer

Crew and Cargo Missions

3/18/10 – Expedition 21/22 Land
2/19/10 – STS-130 Undock
2/9/10 – STS-130 Dock
2/4/10 – ISS Progress 36 Dock
1/21/10 – Soyuz TMA-16 Relocation
12/22/09 – Expedition 22/23 Dock
12/20/09 – Expedition 22/23 Launch

Spacewalks

Date: Feb. 17, 2010
Duration: 5 hours, 48 minutes
Spacewalks: Robert Behnken, Nicholas Patrick

Date: Feb. 14, 2010
Duration: 5 hours, 54 minutes
Spacewalks: Robert Behnken, Nicholas Patrick

Date: Feb. 12, 2010
Duration: 6 hours, 32 minutes
Spacewalks: Robert Behnken, Nicholas Patrick

Date: Jan. 14, 2010
Duration: 5 hours, 44 minutes
Spacewalks: Oleg Kotov, Max Suraev

Expedition 22 Resources

Earth's Moon, Venus, Jupiter and the crescent of Earth at the top.

Expedition Press Kit

Get an overview of the Expedition, its crew and the activities they are working on during this mission to the International Space Station.

The Solid Fuel Ignition and Extinction (SoFIE) Growth and Extinction Limits (GEL) experiment aboard the International Space Station (ISS) studies flame growth and extinction in an effort to improve fire safety in space. This image shows a sequence of snapshots taken about 3 seconds apart. During this test point, the ambient oxygen concentration starts relatively high (28%). Initially, the flame is seen as yellow and sooty. As the ambient pressure is reduced, the flame becomes bluer and continues to shrink until fully extinguished. This gives researchers pressure limit data points for flame extinction that could help improve crew and spacecraft safety for future exploration missions.

Mission Science

Explore hands-on activities, interactive, lesson plans, educator guides, and other downloadable content about this topic.

One of the Expedition 41 crew members aboard the International Space Station, flying at an altitude of 222 nautical miles above a point in the Atlantic Ocean several hundred miles off the coast of Africa near the Tropic of Cancer, photographed this eye-catching panorama of the night sky and the Milky Way on Sept. 27. NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman, flight engineer, tweeted the image, which was taken with an electronic still camera, set with a 24mm focal length. In his accompanying comments, Wiseman stated, "Sahara sands make the Earth glow orange."

Mission Imagery

During Expedition 22, the crew took images of the Earth views, the orbiting station, their daily lives aboard and the experiments they conducted during their stay, plus so much more. Check out some of the image highlights from Expedition 22 in the gallery.