Expedition 60 was the 60th Expedition to the International Space Station, which began on 24 June 2019 with the undocking of the Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft.[2] The expedition was commanded by Aleksey Ovchinin, who transferred from Expedition 59 together with American flight engineers Nick Hague and Christina Koch.[4] They were joined by Aleksandr Skvortsov, Luca Parmitano and Andrew Morgan, who arrived on Soyuz MS-13 on 20 July 2019. The expedition ended on 3 October 2019, when Soyuz MS-12 (carrying Ovchinin, Hague, and spaceflight participant Hazza Al Mansouri) undocked from the station and Koch, Skvortsov, Parmitano and Morgan transferred to Expedition 61.[5][3]
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| Mission type | Long-duration expedition |
|---|---|
| Mission duration | 100 days, 8 hours, 11 minutes |
| Orbits completed | 3,248[1] |
| Expedition | |
| Space station | International Space Station |
| Began | 24 June 2019, 23:25:33 UTC[2][1] |
| Ended | 3 October 2019, 07:37:32 UTC[3][1] |
| Arrived aboard | Soyuz MS-12 Soyuz MS-13 |
| Departed aboard | Soyuz MS-12 Soyuz MS-13 Soyuz MS-15 |
| Crew | |
| Crew size | 6 |
| Members |
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| EVAs | 1 |
| EVA duration | 6 hours, 32 minutes |
 Promotional Poster  Clockwise from top left: Ovchinin, Hague, Parmitano, Skvortsov, Morgan and Koch | |
During this expedition' final days, the station residents totaled 9 individuals temporarily upon the arrival of Soyuz MS-15, where for the first time since the departure of Soyuz TMA-16M in September 2015 the ISS crew exceeded the standard six.[6]
Crew
edit| Position | First part (24 June – 20 July 2019) |
Second part (20 July – 3 October 2019) |
|---|---|---|
| Commander |  Aleksey Ovchinin, RoscosmosSecond[a] spaceflight | |
| Flight Engineer |  Nick Hague, NASAFirst[a] spaceflight | |
| Flight Engineer | Christina Koch, NASA First spaceflight | |
| Flight Engineer | Off Station | Aleksandr Skvortsov, Roscosmos Third spaceflight |
| Flight Engineer | Off Station |  Luca Parmitano, ESASecond spaceflight |
| Flight Engineer | Off Station | Andrew R. Morgan, NASA First spaceflight |
Notes
edit- ^ a b Not counting the aborted flight of Soyuz MS-10
References
edit- ^ a b c "ISS Expedition 60". spacefacts.de. 15 December 2020. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
- ^ a b "NASA Astronaut Anne McClain, Crewmates Return from Space Station Mission". NASA. 24 June 2019.
- ^ a b "Multinational Trio Undocks from Station, Heads Home to Earth". NASA. 3 October 2019.
- ^ "NASA Astronaut Nick Hague Set for New Space Station Mission After Abort". NASA. 3 December 2018. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
- ^ Evans, Ben (14 March 2019). "New Crew Launched Aboard Soyuz MS-12, En-Route to Space Station". AmericaSpace.
When Kononenko, Saint-Jacques and McClain return to Earth in late June, Ovchinin will take command of the space station, leading Expedition 60, and his crew will be increased to six-person strength in early July when Soyuz MS-13 and Skvortsov, Parmitano and Morgan arrive.
- ^ "NASA Astronaut Jessica Meir, Crewmates Arrive Safely at Space Station". 25 September 2019.
