Expedition 69

Expedition 69
	Promotional poster
Mission type	Long-duration mission to ISS
Operator	NASA / Roscosmos
Mission duration	182 days, 21 hours and 57 minutes
Expedition
Space station	International Space Station
Began	28 March 2023
Ended	27 September 2023
Arrived aboard	Soyuz MS-23 (uncrewed launch); SpaceX Crew-6; Soyuz MS-24; SpaceX Crew-7
Departed aboard	Soyuz MS-23; SpaceX Crew-6
Crew
Crew size	7–11
Members	Expedition 67/68/69:; Sergey Prokopyev; Dmitry Petelin; Francisco Rubio; Expedition 68/69:; Stephen Bowen; Warren Hoburg; Sultan Al Neyadi; Andrey Fedyaev; Expedition 69/70:; Jasmin Moghbeli; Andreas Mogensen; Satoshi Furukawa; Konstantin Borisov; Loral O'Hara; Expedition 69/70/71:; Oleg Kononenko; Nikolai Chub;
EVAs	8
EVA duration	51 hours and 58 minutes
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Expedition 69 was the 69th long-duration expedition to the International Space Station. The expedition began with the departure of Soyuz MS-22 in March 2023 with Russian cosmonaut Sergey Prokopyev continuing his ISS command from Expedition 68.^[1] It ended with his departure with his crewmates onboard Soyuz MS-23 on 27 September 2023.^[2]

Expedition 69 crew during dinner with Axiom Mission 2^[a] members while celebrating Sultan Al Neyadi's birthday inside the *Unity* module^[3] (not pictured is NASA astronaut Francisco Rubio)

^ Garcia, Mark. "Uncrewed Soyuz Spacecraft Undocks from Station". blogs.nasa.gov. Retrieved 2023-03-29.
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^ @Astro_Alneyadi (May 25, 2023). "Celebrated my 1st birthday 🎂 in space with colleagues who have become family! Highlight of the day? A Maple Muffin top cake from the USA crew, a Cinnamon Bun with yoghurt and dry fruits from Russian crew, topped off with wishes in Arabic. Truly a gravity-defying celebration! 😃" (Tweet). Retrieved 2023-05-26 – via Twitter.

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[1] Garcia, Mark. "Uncrewed Soyuz Spacecraft Undocks from Station". blogs.nasa.gov. Retrieved 2023-03-29.

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[4] @Astro_Alneyadi (May 25, 2023). "Celebrated my 1st birthday 🎂 in space with colleagues who have become family! Highlight of the day? A Maple Muffin top cake from the USA crew, a Cinnamon Bun with yoghurt and dry fruits from Russian crew, topped off with wishes in Arabic. Truly a gravity-defying celebration! 😃" (Tweet). Retrieved 2023-05-26 – via Twitter.

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