Timothy "TJ" Creamer, born November 15, 1959 in Huachuca City, Arizona, has spent 163 days aboard the International Space Station. He went into space aboard Soyuz TMA-17, launched in December 2009. He participated in Expeditions 22 and 23. He returned to Earth in June 2010.
Soyuz TMA-17, the 104th flight of the Soyuz program, launched three crew members of Expedition 22 to the International Space Station, December 20, 2009. On board were Commander Oleg Kotov (Roscosmos), Flight Engineer Timothy Creamer (NASA) and Soichi Noguchi (JAXA).
Soichi Noguchi is the second Japanese astronaut, but the first from the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). Toyohiro Akiyama, the first Japanese in space, went up in 1990-1991. JAXA was founded in 2003.
Soyuz TMA-17 returned to Earth, landing on May 26, 2010.
