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ISS Expedition 59
Expedition
Space stationInternational Space Station
Arrived aboardSoyuz MS-11
Soyuz MS-12
Departed aboardTBD
Crew
Crew size6
Members

(l-r) Saint-Jacques, McClain, Kononenko, Ovchinin, Hague and Koch

Expedition 59 is the 59th Expedition to the International Space Station, started on 14 March 2019 with the arrival of the Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft carrying Aleksey Ovchinin, Nick Hague and Christina Koch.[1] The three will subsequently transfer to the Expedition 60 crew, with Ovchinin as commander, after the undocking of the Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft, scheduled for July 2019.[2][3]

Crew

Position Crew member
Commander Russia Oleg Kononenko, RSA
Fourth spaceflight
Flight Engineer 1 Canada David Saint-Jacques, CSA
First spaceflight
Flight Engineer 2 United States Anne McClain, NASA
First spaceflight
Flight Engineer 3 Russia Aleksey Ovchinin, RSA
Third[a] spaceflight
Flight Engineer 4 United States Nick Hague, NASA
Second[a] spaceflight
Flight Engineer 5 United States Christina Koch, NASA
First spaceflight

Notes

  1. ^ a b Counting the aborted flight of Soyuz MS-10, even though this did not quite cross the Kármán line. This matches NASA's count, though RSA follows the Kármán line definition.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Gebhardt, Chris (March 14, 2019). "Soyuz MS-12 docks with the Space Station – NASASpaceFlight.com". NASASpaceflight.com.
  2. ^ https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-astronaut-nick-hague-set-for-new-space-station-mission-after-abort
  3. ^ https://www.airforcetimes.com/news/2018/12/03/nasa-astronaut-and-air-force-col-nick-hague-set-for-new-space-station-mission-after-abort/