Expedition 70

Expedition 70 is the 70th long-duration expedition to the International Space Station. The expedition began with the departure of Soyuz MS-23 on 27 September 2023,[3][4][5] with Danish astronaut Andreas Mogensen taking over the ISS command from Expedition 69 cosmonaut Sergey Prokopyev. It will end on with the departure of NASA astronaut, Loral O'Hara on Soyuz MS-24 in March 2024.[6]

Expedition 70
Mission typeLong-duration mission to ISS
OperatorNASA / Roscosmos
Mission duration28 days, 13 hours and 41 minutes
Expedition
Space stationInternational Space Station
Began27 September 2023[1][2]
Arrived aboardSoyuz MS-24
SpaceX Crew-7
Crew
Crew size7–11
Members

Expedition 70 mission patch

Expedition 70 crew portrait
 

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.[7]

The crew will later be replenished by subsequent missions in the expedition alongside non-expedition crews.[6]

Events manifest

Previous mission: Expedition 69

27 September 2023 – Soyuz MS-23/69S Undocking, official switch from Expedition 69

Planned Events:

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 January 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

Sources:[1][6][8]

Crew[6]
Flight Astronaut Increment 70a Increment 70b Increment 70c Increment 70d
27 Sept 2023 - Feb 2024 (current) TBD Feb - 13 Feb 2024 (planned) 13 Feb - 13 Mar 2024 (planned) 13 Mar - 25 Mar 2024 (planned)
Soyuz MS-24/70S Russia Oleg Kononenko, Roscosmos
Fifth spaceflight		 Flight Engineer Commander
Russia Nikolai Chub, Roscosmos
First spaceflight		 Flight Engineer
United States Loral O'Hara, NASA
First spaceflight		 Flight Engineer Off Station
SpaceX Crew-7 United States Jasmin Moghbeli, NASA
First spaceflight		 Flight Engineer Off Station
Denmark Andreas Mogensen, ESA
Second spaceflight		 Commander Off Station
Japan Satoshi Furukawa, JAXA
Second spaceflight		 Flight Engineer Off Station
Russia Konstantin Borisov, Roscosmos
First spaceflight		 Flight Engineer Off Station
SpaceX Crew-8 United States Matthew Dominick, NASA
First spaceflight		 Off Station Flight Engineer
United States Michael Barratt, NASA
Third spaceflight		 Off Station Flight Engineer
United StatesJeanette Epps, NASA
First spaceflight		 Off Station Flight Engineer
Russia Alexander Grebenkin, Roscosmos
First spaceflight		 Off Station Flight Engineer
Soyuz MS-25/71S United States Tracy Caldwell-Dyson, NASA
Third spaceflight		 Off Station Flight Engineer

Vehicle manifest[6]
Vehicle Purpose Port Docking/Capture Date Undocking Date
(if during Expedition 70)
Vehicles inherited from Expedition 69
Russia Progress MS-23/84P Russian Cargo Poisk Zenith 24 May 2023 Docked
United States CRS Cygnus NG-19 "Laurel Clark" US Cargo Unity Nadir 4 Aug 2023 Docked
Russia Progress MS-24/85P Russian Cargo Zvezda Aft 25 Aug 2023 Docked
United States SpaceX Crew-7 "Endurance" Exp. 69/70 USOS Crew Harmony Zenith 27 Aug 2023 Docked
Russia Soyuz MS-24/70S Exp. 69/70 Russian Crew Rasssvet Nadir 15 Sep 2023 Docked
Vehicles to dock during Expedition 70

References
  1. "Launch Schedule – Spaceflight Now". Retrieved 2023-02-23.
  2. Graf, Author Abby (2023-09-27). "Crewed Soyuz Spacecraft Undocking Live on NASA TV". blogs.nasa.gov. Retrieved 2023-09-27. {{cite web}}: |first= has generic name (help)
  3. Josh Dinner (2023-08-23). "SpaceX Crew-7 astronauts will handle over 200 science experiments on ISS". Space.com. Retrieved 2023-09-12.
  4. "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.
  5. Graf, Author Abby (2023-09-27). "Crewed Soyuz Spacecraft Undocking Live on NASA TV". blogs.nasa.gov. Retrieved 2023-09-27. {{cite web}}: |first= has generic name (help)
  6. "Complete ISS flight events". NasaSpaceFlight.com Forum. 15 April 2023. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
  7. "Soyuz MS-24 preps continue days before launch".
  8. "Microgravity Research Flights". Glenn Research Center. 10 November 2020. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
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