Expedition 60
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. The expedition was commanded by Aleksey Ovchinin, who transferred from Expedition 59 together with American flight engineers Nick Hague and Christina Koch. 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.
| Mission duration | 100d 8h 11m |
|---|---|
| Orbits completed | 3248 |
| Expedition | |
| Space station | International Space Station |
| Began | 24 June 2019 23:25:33 UTC |
| Ended | 3 October 2019 07:37:32 UTC |
| 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 | 6h32m |
Promotional Poster Clockwise from top right: Nick Hague of NASA and Luca Parmitano of ESA (European Space Agency), Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Skvortsov, NASA astronauts Drew Morgan and Christina Koch and Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin. | |
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.