Expedition 23

Expedition 23 (Russian: МКС-23) was the 23rd long-duration mission to the International Space Station (ISS).

Shortly thereafter cosmonauts Aleksandr Skvortsov and Mikhail Korniyenko and astronaut Tracy Caldwell Dyson arrived at the Space Station on Soyuz TMA-18 on 4 April 2010.

[4] The Expedition 23 crew continued outfitting the newest modules of the nearly completed space station.

The Expedition 23 crew also saw the arrival of the Rasvet Russian docking module (MRM1) aboard Space Shuttle Atlantis on STS-132, which launched on 14 May 2010.

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The three astronauts of STS-131 and Tracy Caldwell (bottom left) of ISS Expedition 23, the first time four women being at the same time in space. [ 5 ]
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