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Expedition 72
Expedition 72 crew
Mission typeLong-duration expedition
OperatorNASA / Roscosmos
Mission duration93 days, 15 hours and 42 minutes (in progress)
Expedition
Space stationInternational Space Station
Began23 September 2024
EndedMarch 2025
Arrived aboard
Departed aboard
Crew
Crew size7–11
Members
EVAs1
EVA duration7 hours, 17 minutes

Expedition 72 mission patch

Left to right, top row: Ovchinin, Williams, Wilmore
Middle row: Vagner, Pettit
Bottom row: Gorbunov, Hague

Expedition 72 is the 72nd long-duration expedition to the International Space Station (ISS). The expedition began with the departure of Soyuz MS-25 on 23 September 2024 and is led by Sunita Williams, her second time serving as commander of the ISS.[1] It will continue the extensive scientific research conducted aboard the ISS, focusing on various fields, including biology, human physiology, physics, and materials science. The crew members will also maintain and upgrade the space station systems.

Background, Crew, and Events

The expedition consists of Roscosmos cosmonauts Aleksey Ovchinin, Ivan Vagner, and Aleksandr Gorbunov, and NASA astronauts Barry E. Wilmore, Sunita Williams, Donald Pettit, and Nick Hague.

Wilmore and Williams arrived at the station on 6 June 2024 for what was expected to be a brief visit as part of the Boeing Crew Flight Test mission. However, their spacecraft experienced technical issues and returned to Earth uncrewed, and Wilmore and Williams were added to the Expedition 71/72/73 crew.[2]

Ovchinin, Vagner, and Pettit arrived at the station on 11 September aboard Soyuz MS-26.[3][4] Hague and Gorbunov arrived to the station on 29 September aboard SpaceX Crew-9.[5] After a handover period, SpaceX Crew-8 departed on 23 October.

In March 2025, SpaceX Crew-10 is expected to arrive, transporting NASA astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers, JAXA astronaut Takuya Onishi, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov.[6]

Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritsky, along with NASA astronaut Jonny Kim, are expected to arrive at the station aboard Soyuz MS-27 in March 2025.[7]

Expedition 72 will come to a close in March 2025 with the departure of Ovchinin, Vagner, and Pettit on Soyuz MS-26.[8]

Crew

Flight Crew member Increment 72a Increment 72b Increment 72c Increment 72d
23-29 Sep 2024 29 Sep-23 Oct 2024 23 Oct 2024-Mar 2025
(in progress)
Mar-Mar 2025
(planned)
Soyuz MS-26 Russia Aleksey Ovchinin, Roscosmos
Third[a] spaceflight
Flight Engineer
  Russia Ivan Vagner, Roscosmos
Second spaceflight
Flight Engineer
United States Donald Pettit, NASA
Fourth spaceflight
Flight Engineer
SpaceX Crew-8 United States Matthew Dominick, NASA
First spaceflight
Flight Engineer Off Station
United States Michael Barratt, NASA
Third spaceflight
Flight Engineer Off Station
United States Jeanette Epps, NASA
First spaceflight
Flight Engineer Off Station
Russia Alexander Grebenkin, Roscosmos
First spaceflight
Flight Engineer Off Station
Boeing Crew Flight Test United States Barry E. Wilmore, NASA
Third spaceflight
Flight Engineer
United States Sunita Williams, NASA
Third spaceflight
Commander
SpaceX Crew-9
United States Nick Hague, NASA
Second[a] spaceflight
Off Station Flight Engineer
Russia Aleksandr Gorbunov, Roscosmos
First spaceflight
Off Station Flight Engineer
Soyuz MS-27
(planned)
Russia Sergey Ryzhikov, Roscosmos
Third spaceflight
Off Station Flight Engineer
Russia Alexey Zubritsky, Roscosmos
First spaceflight
Off Station Flight Engineer
United States Jonny Kim, NASA
First spaceflight
Off Station Flight Engineer

Notes

  1. ^ a b Not counting the aborted flight of Soyuz MS-10.

References

  1. ^ Foust, Jeff (13 September 2024). "Starliner astronauts adjust to long-term ISS stay". SpaceNews. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
  2. ^ Taveau, Jessica (24 August 2024). "NASA Decides to Bring Starliner Spacecraft Back to Earth Without Crew". NASA. Retrieved 24 August 2024.
  3. ^ "NASA Astronaut Don Pettit, Crewmates Arrive at Space Station".
  4. ^ Donaldson, Abbey A. (27 March 2024). "NASA Astronaut Don Pettit to Conduct Science During Fourth Mission - NASA". NASA. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
  5. ^ Donaldson, Abbey A. (30 August 2024). "NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 Changes Ahead of September Launch". NASA. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
  6. ^ Taveau, Jessica (1 August 2024). "NASA Shares its SpaceX Crew-10 Assignments for Space Station Mission". NASA. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
  7. ^ Doyle, Tiernan P. (28 August 2024). "NASA Assigns Astronaut Jonny Kim to First Space Station Mission". NASA. Archived from the original on 30 August 2024. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
  8. ^ Niles-Carnes, Elyna (17 December 2024). "NASA Adjusts Crew-10 Launch Date". NASA. Retrieved 17 December 2024.