
Start of Expedition 71
Crew: Expedition 71
Beginning March 2024; transitioning to Expedition 72 in October 2024
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Beginning March 2024; transitioning to Expedition 72 in October 2024
After several months berthed to the International Space Station, Northrop Grumman’s NG-19 Cygnus cargo spacecraft is set to depart the outpost with trash and other unneeded equipment.
Beginning September 2023; transitioning to Expedition 71 in March 2024
Soyuz MS-23 is scheduled to return two Russian cosmonauts and one American astronaut, the three of which will have been in space for a year.
After about six months aboard the International Space Station, the four-person Crew-6 Dragon crew is expected to return to Earth.
About a day after launch, the Crew-7 astronauts and cosmonaut are expected to reach the International Space Station for their six-month stay.
Four people are scheduled to launch in SpaceX’s Crew-7 Dragon spacecraft to travel to the International Space Station for a six-month stay aboard the orbiting laboratory.
Progress MS-24 is expected to dock to the aft end of the International Space Station’s Zvezda service module about two days after launch.
Russia will launch its autonomous Progress MS-24 spacecraft to the International Space Station to resupply the outpost’s Expedition 69 crew.
After about six months at the International Space Station, the uncrewed Progress MS-22 cargo ship is scheduled to undock at perform a destructive reentry over the Pacific Ocean.
Two Russian cosmonauts are slated to perform a spacewalk based out of the Poisk module airlock of the International Space Station.
After several weeks docked with the International Space Station, SpaceX’s CRS-28 cargo ship is expected to depart the outpost and splashdown in the ocean off the coast of Florida.
About a day after launch, SpaceX’s CRS-28 Dragon is set to arrive at the International Space Station with supplies and a new set of solar arrays for the outpost.
SpaceX’s CRS-28 Dragon is set to launch to the International Space Station with cargo and supplies, including a new set of solar arrays for the orbiting laboratory.
After spending a week at the International Space Station, the private Axiom-2 Crew Dragon mission is set to undock and return to Earth.
Russia’s Progress MS-23 resupply spacecraft is set to launch and dock with the International Space Station to resupply the Expedition 69 crew.
About a day after launch, SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft is set to dock to the International Space Station with the private Axiom-2 mission.
The second commercial Axiom Space mission to the International Space Station is slated to fly private astronauts, including two representing a foreign government.
Beginning March 2023; transitioning to Expedition 70 in October 2023
SpaceX’s uncrewed CRS-27 cargo Dragon is set to fly to the International Space Station to deliver several thousand kilograms of supplies for the seven-person Expedition 68/69 crew.
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