Expedition 70

Expedition 70
Oleg Kononenko (orange t-shirt) along with his other Expedition 70 crew members (red t-shirts) and Axiom Mission 3 crew (black jumpsuits)
Mission typeLong-duration mission to ISS
OperatorNASA / Roscosmos
Mission duration191 days, 20 hours and 39 minutes
Expedition
Space stationInternational Space Station
Began27 September 2023[1]
Ended6 April 2024
Arrived aboardSoyuz MS-24
SpaceX Crew-7
Soyuz MS-25
SpaceX Crew-8
Departed aboardSoyuz MS-24
SpaceX Crew-7
Crew
Crew size7–11
Members
EVAs2
EVA duration14 hours 23 minutes

Expedition 70 mission patch

Expedition 70 crew portrait 

Expedition 70 was the 70th long-duration expedition to the International Space Station. The expedition began with the departure of Soyuz MS-23 on 27 September 2023[2][3][4] with Danish astronaut Andreas Mogensen taking over the ISS command from Russian cosmonaut Sergey Prokopyev in Expedition 69. It ended with the departure of NASA astronaut Loral O'Hara on Soyuz MS-24 on 6 April 2024.[5]

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  3. ^ Evans, Ben (10 September 2023). "Better Late Than Never: New ISS Crew Prepares to Fly, All-Female EVAs Possible in October". AmericaSpace.com. Archived from the original on 29 September 2023. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
  4. ^ Graf, Abby (27 September 2023). "Crewed Soyuz Spacecraft Undocking Live on NASA TV". blogs.nasa.gov. NASA. Archived from the original on 15 October 2023. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference nsf-schedule was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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