Expedition 70
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| Mission type | Long-duration mission to ISS |
|---|---|
| Operator | NASA / Roscosmos |
| Expedition | |
| Space station | International Space Station |
| Began | 27 September 2023 (planned)[1] |
| Arrived aboard | Soyuz MS-24 SpaceX Crew-7 |
| Crew | |
| Crew size | 7–11 |
| Members |
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 Expedition 70 mission patch | |
Expedition 70 is the 70th long-duration expedition to the International Space Station. The expedition began with the departure of Soyuz MS-23 in September 2023,[2][3] with Danish cosmonaut Andreas Mogensen taking over the ISS command from Expedition 69 cosmonaut Sergey Prokopyev. It will end on his departure with his crewmates onboard Soyuz MS-24 in March 2024.[4]
Background, Crew and Events
Initially, the expedition consisted of Andreas and his three SpaceX Crew-7 crewmates, Jasmin Moghbeli, Satoshi Furukawa and Konstantin Borisov from America, Japan and Russia respectively as well as Russian cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub (both on a year long ISS mission) and another American astronaut Loral O'Hara, who launched aboard Soyuz MS-24 on September 15, 2023, and were transferred from Expedition 69 alongside the SpaceX Crew-7 astronauts.[5]
The crew will later be replenished by subsequent missions in the expedition alongside non-expedition crews.[4]
Events manifest
Previous mission: Expedition 69
Planned Events:
27 September 2023 – Soyuz MS-23/69S Undocking, official switch from Expedition 69
30 October 2023 – CRS Cygnus NG-19 Unberthing & Release
October 2023 – SpaceX Crew-7 Redocking
2 November 2023 – CRS SpX-29 Undocking
November 2023 – CRS SpX-29 Undocking
November 2023 – Progress MS-24/85P Undocking
1 December 2023 – Progress MS-26/87P Docking
11 December 2023 – CRS Cygnus NG-20 Capture & Berthing
11 January 2024 – Axiom Mission 3 Docking (Non-Expedition crew)
25 Jamuary 2024 – Axiom Mission 3 Undocking (Non-Expedition crew)
January 2024 – HTV-X1 Docking[1]
February 2024 – SpaceX Crew-8 Docking[1]
13 February 2024 – SpaceX Crew-7 Undocking
13 February 2024 – Progress MS-24/85P Undocking
15 February 2024 – Progress MS-26/87P Docking[1]
March 2024 – Starliner Crewed Flight Test Docking (Non-Expedition crew)
March 2024 – Starliner Crewed Flight Test Undocking (Non-Expedition crew)
13 March 2024 – Soyuz MS-25/71S Docking
25 March 2024 – Soyuz MS-24/70S Undocking, official switch to Expedition 71
Next: Expedition 71
Crew[4]
| Flight | Astronaut | Increment 70a | Increment 70b | Increment 70c | Increment 70d | Transfer to Exp. 71 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TBD Mar-Apr 2023 (planned) | TBD Apr-Aug 2023 (planned) | TBD Aug-Sept 2023 | TBD Sept-Sept (planned) | Sept 2023-Mar 2024 | ||
| Soyuz MS-24/70S |  Oleg Kononenko, Roscosmos Fifth spaceflight |
Flight Engineer | Commander | Commander | ||
| Nikolai Chub, Roscosmos First spaceflight |
Flight Engineer | Flight Engineer | ||||
 Loral O'Hara, NASA First spaceflight |
Flight Engineer | Off Station | ||||
| SpaceX Crew-7 | Jasmin Moghbeli, NASA Fourth spaceflight |
Flight Engineer | Off Station | Off Station | ||
 Andreas Mogensen, ESA Second spaceflight |
Commander | Off Station | Off Station | |||
 Satoshi Furukawa, JAXA First spaceflight |
Flight Engineer | Off Station | Off Station | |||
| Konstantin Borisov, Roscosmos First spaceflight |
Flight Engineer | Off Station | Off Station | |||
| SpaceX Crew-8 | Matthew Dominick, NASA First spaceflight |
Off Station | Flight Engineer | Flight Engineer | ||
| Michael Barratt, NASA Second spaceflight |
Off Station | Flight Engineer | Flight Engineer | |||
| Jeanette Epps, NASA Second spaceflight |
Off Station | Flight Engineer | Flight Engineer | |||
| Alexander Grebenkin, Roscosmos First spaceflight |
Off Station | Flight Engineer | Flight Engineer | |||
| Soyuz MS-25/71S | Tracy Caldwell-Dyson, NASA Second spaceflight |
Off Station | Flight Engineer | Flight Engineer | ||
Vehicle manifest[4]
| Vehicle | Purpose | Port | Docking/Capture Date | Undocking Date
(if during Expedition 69) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicles inherited from Expedition 69 | ||||
| Progress MS-23/84P
|
Russian Cargo | Poisk zenith | 24 May 2023 | Docked |
| CRS Cygnus NG-19 "Laurel Clark"
|
US Cargo | Unity Nadir | 4 Aug 2023 | Docked |
| Progress MS-24/85P
|
Russian Cargo | Zvezda aft | 25 Aug 2023 | Docked |
| SpaceX Crew-7
|
Exp. 69/70 USOS Crew | Harmony Zenith | 27 Aug 2023 | Docked |
| Soyuz MS-24/70S
|
Exp. 69/70 Russian Crew | Rasssvet Nadir | 15 Sep 2023 | Docked |
| Vehicles to dock during Expedition 69 | ||||
References
- ^ a b c d e "Launch Schedule – Spaceflight Now". Retrieved 2023-02-23.
- ^ published, Josh Dinner (2023-08-23). "SpaceX Crew-7 astronauts will handle over 200 science experiments on ISS". Space.com. Retrieved 2023-09-12.
- ^ "Better Late Than Never: New ISS Crew Prepares to Fly, All-Female EVAs Possible in October - AmericaSpace". www.americaspace.com. 2023-09-10. Retrieved 2023-09-12.
- ^ a b c d e "Complete ISS flight events". NasaSpaceFlight.com Forum. 15 April 2023. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
- ^ "Soyuz MS-24 preps continue days before launch".
- ^ "Microgravity Research Flights". Glenn Research Center. 10 November 2020. Retrieved 10 November 2020.