Expedition 71 is the 71st long-duration expedition to the International Space Station. The expedition began with the departure of Soyuz MS-24 on 6 April 2024[1] with cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko continuing his ISS command from Expedition 70.[2][3] It will end with his departure on Soyuz MS-25 with crewmates from MS-24 and MS-25 on 24 September 2024.[4][5]
 .jpg) All Expedition 71 crew members except Tracy during Expedition 70 (first picture) Tracy (left in second picture) | |
| Mission type | Long-duration mission to ISS |
|---|---|
| Operator | NASA / Roscosmos |
| Mission duration | 22 days, 10 hours and 56 minutes (in progress) |
| Expedition | |
| Space station | International Space Station |
| Began | 6 April 2024 |
| Arrived aboard | Soyuz MS-25 SpaceX Crew-8 |
| Crew | |
| Crew size | 7–11 |
| Members |
|
| EVAs | 1 |
| EVA duration | 4 hours 36 minutes |
 Expedition 71 mission patch  Expedition 71 crew portrait | |
Background, crew and events edit
Initially, the expedition consisted of Oleg, his Russian Soyuz MS-24 crewmate Nikolai Chub (both on a year long ISS mission since 15 September 2023), and his American Soyuz MS-25 crewmate, Tracy Caldwell-Dyson, who launched on 23 March 2024, as well as SpaceX Crew-8 crewmates, American astronauts Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt, and Jeanette Epps, and Russian cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin, who launched on 4 March 2024 and were transferred from Expedition 70 after Soyuz MS-24 departure.[5][3][6]
Later, the crew will be replenished by subsequent missions in both expedition and visiting crews in the expedition.[4] Boeing Starliner Crewed Flight Test (consisting of NASA astronauts, Barry Wilmore and Sunita Williams) is supposed to dock during the expedition.[7][8]
Events manifest edit
Previous mission: Expedition 70
6 April 2024 – Soyuz MS-24 Undocking (includes Visiting Expedition 21), official switch from Expedition 70
25 April 2024 – EVA-1 (VKD-62) Kononenko/Chub: 4 hrs, 36 min
28 April 2024 –CRS SpX-30 Undocking
Planned Events:
2 May 2024 – SpaceX Crew-8 Redocking
May 2024 – EVA-2 (US-90)
8 May 2024 – Starliner CFT Docking[8]
14 May 2024 – Starliner CFT Undocking[8]
May 2024 – EVA-3 (US-91)
May-June 2024 – EVA-4 (VKD-63)
May-June 2024 – EVA-5 (VKD-64)
1 June 2024 – Progress MS-25/86P Undocking
5 June 2024 – Progress MS-27/88P Docking
June 2024 – COTS SNC Demo-1 Capture & Berthing
June-August 2024 – EVA-6 (US-92)
July 2024 – CRS Cygnus NG-20 Unberthing & Release
13 August 2024 – Progress MS-26/87P Undocking
17 August 2024 – Progress MS-28/89P Docking
August 2024 – SpaceX Crew-9 Docking
August 2024 – CRS Cygnus NG-21 Capture & Berthing
August 2024 – SpaceX Crew-8 Undocking
August-September 2024 – COTS SNC Demo-1 Unberthing & Release
11 September 2024 – Soyuz MS-26 Docking
24 September 2024 – Soyuz MS-25 Undocking, official switch to Expedition 72
Next: Expedition 72
Crew edit
Expedition Crew edit
| Flight[4] | Astronaut | Increment 71a | Increment 71b | Increment 71c | Increment 71d |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 Apr - Aug 2024 (current) |
Aug - Aug 2024 (planned) |
Aug - 11 Sep 2024 (planned) |
11 - 24 Sep 2024 (planned) | ||
| Soyuz MS-25 |  Oleg Kononenko, Roscosmos Fifth spaceflight |
Commander[1] | |||
| Nikolai Chub, Roscosmos First spaceflight |
Flight Engineer | ||||
 Tracy Caldwell-Dyson, NASA Third spaceflight |
Flight Engineer | ||||
| SpaceX Crew-8 | Matthew Dominick, NASA First spaceflight |
Flight Engineer | Off Station | ||
| Michael Barratt, NASA Third spaceflight |
Flight Engineer | Off Station | |||
| Jeanette Epps, NASA First spaceflight |
Flight Engineer | Off Station | |||
| Alexander Grebenkin, Roscosmos First spaceflight |
Flight Engineer | Off Station | |||
| SpaceX Crew-9 (planned) |
Zena Cardman, NASA First spaceflight |
Off Station | Flight Engineer | ||
| Nick Hague, NASA Third[a] spaceflight |
Off Station | Flight Engineer | |||
| Stephanie Wilson, NASA Fourth spaceflight |
Off Station | Flight Engineer | |||
| Aleksandr Gorbunov, Roscosmos First spaceflight |
Off Station | Flight Engineer | |||
| Soyuz MS-26 (planned) |
Aleksey Ovchinin, Roscosmos Fourth[a] spaceflight |
Off Station | Flight Engineer | ||
| Ivan Vagner, Roscosmos Second spaceflight |
Off Station | Flight Engineer | |||
| Donald Pettit, NASA Fourth spaceflight |
Off Station | Flight Engineer | |||
Innovative Crewed spaceflights edit
| Mission | Astronauts | Docking (UTC) | Undocking (UTC) | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boeing Crewed Flight Test | Barry Wilmore, NASA Sunita Williams, NASA
|
8 May 2024[8] (hard docking) (planned) | 14 May 2024[8] (planned) | 6 days (planned) |
| Besides the expedition crew, Boeing CST-100 Starliner will visit the station for a crewed flight test, consisting of NASA astronauts Barry Wilmore and Sunita Williams.[8] Boeing spacecraft 3, later named Calypso, named after Jacques-Yves Cousteau's oceanography vessel, RV Calypso,[12] will launch to the station on 7 May 2024 and will dock to the station on 8 April 2024. The flight will mark the first crewed test flight of Boeing's CST-100 Starliner spacecraft. Crew members will stay aboard the station for approximately 6 days.[8] | ||||
Vehicle manifest edit
| Vehicle[4] | Purpose | Port | Docking/Capture Date | Undocking Date (if during Expedition 71) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicles inherited from Expedition 70 | ||||
| Progress MS-25/86P
|
Russian Cargo | Poisk Zenith | 3 Dec 2023 | 2024 (scheduled) |
| CRS Cygnus NG-20 "Patricia "Patty" Hilliard Robertson"
|
US Cargo | Unity Nadir | 1 Feb 2024 | Jul 2024 (scheduled) |
| Progress MS-26/87P
|
Russian Cargo | Zvezda aft | 17 Feb 2024 | 2024 (scheduled) |
| SpaceX Crew-8 "Endeavour"
|
Exp. 70/71 USOS Crew | Harmony Forward | 5 Mar 2024 | 2 May 2024 (scheduled) |
| CRS Dragon SpX-30
|
US Cargo | Harmony Zenith | 23 Mar 2024 | 28 Apr 2024 |
| Soyuz MS-25/71S "Kazbek"
|
Exp. 70/71 Crew, Visiting Expedition | Prichal nadir | 25 Mar 2024 | 24 Sep 2024 (scheduled) |
| Vehicles scheduled to dock during Expedition 71 | ||||
| SpaceX Crew-8 "Endeavour"
|
Exp. 70/71 USOS Crew | Harmony Zenith | 2 May 2024 (Redock) (scheduled) | Aug 2024 (scheduled) |
| Starliner CFT "Calypso"
|
Non-Expedition US CCDev Mission | Harmony Forward | 8 May 2024 (scheduled) | 14 May 2024 (scheduled) |
| Segment | US Orbital Segment
|
Russian Segment
| ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | Harmony Forward | Harmony Zenith | Harmony Nadir | Unity Nadir | Rassvet Nadir | Prichal Nadir | Poisk Zenith | Zvezda Aft |
| 6-28 Apr 2024 | SpaceX Crew-8 | CRS SpX-30 | Vacant | Cygnus NG-20 | Vacant | Soyuz MS-25/71S | Progress MS-25/86P | Progress MS-26/87P |
| 28 Apr-2 May 2024 | Vacant | |||||||
| 2-8 May 2024 | Vacant | SpaceX Crew-8 | ||||||
| 8-14 May 2024 | Starliner CFT | |||||||
| 14 May 2024- | Vacant | |||||||
The Prichal aft, forward, starboard, and aft ports all have yet to be used since the module originally docked to the station and are not included in the table.
Notes edit
- ^ a b Counting the aborted flight of Soyuz MS-10, even though this did not quite cross the Kármán line. This matches NASA's count, though RSA follows the Kármán line definition.[11]
References edit
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- ^ Gebhardt, Chris (14 March 2019). "Soyuz MS-12 docks with the Space Station – NASASpaceFlight.com". NASASpaceflight.com.
- ^ Dunbar, Brian (December 22, 2019). "Starliner Returns to Earth With a New Name: Calypso". NASA.