Soyuz TMA-17

Pulsar

Russia

hi res version (318 KB)

hi res version (455 KB)

Launch, orbit and landing data

Launch date:	20.12.2009
Launch time:	21:52 UTC
Launch site:	Baikonur
Launch pad:	1
Altitude:	350 km
Inclination:	51,6°
Docking ISS:	22.12.2009, 22:48 UTC
Undocking ISS:	02.06.2010, 00:04 UTC
Landing date:	02.06.2010
Landing time:	03:24 UTC
Landing site:	47°18'45,66" N, 69°37'58,44" E

Crew

No.	Surname	Given names	Position	Flight No.	Duration	Orbits
1	Kotov	Oleg Valeriyevich	Commander	2	163d 05h 32m	2574
2	Noguchi	Soichi	Flight Engineer	2	163d 05h 32m	2574
3	Creamer	Timothy John "TJ"	Flight Engineer	1	163d 05h 32m	2574

Crew seating arrangement

Launch
1	Kotov
2	Noguchi
3	Creamer

Landing
1	Kotov
2	Noguchi
3	Creamer

Animations: Soyuz


(requires Macromedia Flash Player)
with friendly permission of www.marscenter.it

Double Crew

No.	Surname	Given names	Position
1	Shkaplerov	Anton Nikolayevich	Commander
2	Furukawa	Satoshi	Flight Engineer
3	Wheelock	Douglas Harry	Flight Engineer

hi res version (666 KB)

Source: Roscosmos PAO

Flight

Launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, landing 154 km southeast of Dzheskasgan. ISS Expedition 22 / 23.

Following a two day solo flight Soyuz TMA-17 docked to ISS on December 22, 2009. Oleg Kotov, Soichi Noguchi and Timothy Creamer became the ISS expedition 22 (together with ISS expedition 21 crew members Jeffrey Williams and Maksim Surayev).