Soyuz TMA-18

Cliff

Russia

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Launch, orbit and landing data

Launch date:	02.04.2010
Launch time:	04:04 UTC
Launch site:	Baikonur
Launch pad:	1
Altitude:	350 km
Inclination:	51,6°
Docking ISS:	04.04.2010, 05:24:50 UTC
Undocking ISS:	25.09.2010, 02:02:12 UTC
Landing date:	25.09.2010
Landing time:	05:23 UTC
Landing site:	50°01'23,7" N, 66°57'59.2" E

Crew

No.	Surname	Given names	Position	Flight No.	Duration	Orbits
1	Skvortsov	Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Jr.	Commander	1	176d 01h 19m	2772
2	Korniyenko	Mikhail Borisovich	Flight Engineer	1	176d 01h 19m	2772
3	Caldwell-Dyson	Tracy Ellen	Flight Engineer	2	176d 01h 19m	2772

Crew seating arrangement

Launch
1	Skvortsov
2	Korniyenko
3	Caldwell-Dyson

Landing
1	Skvortsov
2	Korniyenko
3	Caldwell-Dyson

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Double Crew

No.	Surname	Given names	Position
1	Samokutyayev	Aleksandr Mikhailovich	Commander
2	Borisenko	Andrei Ivanovich	Flight Engineer
3	Kelly	Scott Joseph	Flight Engineer

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Flight

Launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Landing 35 km southeast of Arkalyk. The landing was delayed one day due to a problem opening hooks in the docking port. ISS Expedition 23 / 24.

Following a two day solo flight Soyuz TMA-18 docked to ISS on April 04, 2010. Aleksandr Skvortsov, Mikhail Korniyenko and Tracy Caldwell-Dyson became the ISS expedition 23 (together with ISS expedition 22 crew members Oleg Kotov, Soichi Noguchi and Timothy Creamer).