Astronomy:Expedition 70

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Expedition 70
Axiom Mission 3 Space Station Arrival & Welcome Remarks.jpg
Expedition 70 (top row) with Axiom Mission 3 crew (bottom row)
Mission typeLong-duration mission to ISS
OperatorNASA / Roscosmos
Mission duration204 days, 4 hours and 34 minutes (ongoing)
Expedition
Space StationInternational Space Station
Began27 September 2023[1]
Arrived aboardSoyuz MS-24
SpaceX Crew-7
Crew
Crew size7–11
Members
  • Expedition 69/70:
  • Loral O'Hara
  • Jasmin Moghbeli
  • Andreas Mogensen
  • Satoshi Furukawa
  • Konstantin Borisov
  • Expedition 69/70/71:
  • Oleg Kononenko
  • Nikolai Chub
  • Expedition 70/71:
  • Matthew Dominick
  • Michael Barratt
  • Jeanette Epps
  • Alexander Grebenkin
  • Tracy Caldwell-Dyson
EVAs2
EVA duration14 hours 23 minutes
ISS Expedition 70 Patch.svg
Expedition 70 mission patch
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Expedition 70 crew portrait
Expeditions
← Expedition 69
Expedition 71 →
 

Expedition 70 is the 70th long-duration expedition to the International Space Station. It began with the usual-departure of Soyuz MS-23 on 27 September 2023,[2][3][1] with Danish astronaut Andreas Mogensen taking over the ISS command from Expedition 69 cosmonaut Sergey Prokopyev.

4/2/2024: Ending with the departure of Soyuz MS-24, it carries NASA astronaut Loral O'Hara and a visiting non-mission crew.[4]

Background, Crew, and Events

At first--respectivey--the expedition consists of Andreas and his three SpaceX Crew-7 crewmates, Jasmin Moghbeli, Satoshi Furukawa, and Konstantin Borisov from America, Japan and Russia, plus some Russian cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub [5]

9/15/2023: Another American astronaut: Loral O'Hara, launched-aboard Soyuz MS-24, and were transferred from Expedition 69, with the SpaceX Crew-7 astronauts. Until the gracious tradegy...[6]

10/9/23: 6 months later, the Nauka RTOd radiator malfunctioned before active use of Nauka [7]

This is the 3rd ISS radiator-leak after Soyuz MS-22 and Progress MS-21 radiator leaks. If a spare RTOd is unavailable, Nauka experiments must rely on Nauka's main launch radiator; the module could never be full; it'll ALWAYS be empty forever and ever and ever![8][9]

Later, crew was replenished by subsequent-missions in both expedition non-expedition crews alike, Axiom Mission 3 (consisting of American Michael López-Alegría, Italian astronaut Walter Villadei, ESA Swedish Project astronaut Marcus Wandt and Turkish astronaut Alper Gezeravcı).[4] Originally, the Boeing Starliner Crewed Flight Test was supposed-to dock during the expedition. Instead, it was again moved farther down the vehicle schedule to April, where it'll be part of Expedition 71. [10]

Events manifest

Previous mission: Expedition 69

9/27/2023 – Soyuz MS-23 Undocking, official switch from Expedition 69

10/9/2023 - Nauka outfitting RtoD Add-on Heat Radiator Leak Event

25/26 October 2023 – EVA 1 (VKD-61) Kononenko/Chub: 7 hrs, 41 min[11]

11/1/2023– EVA 2 (US-89) Moghbeli/O'Hara: 6 hrs, 42 mins[12]

11/11/2023– CRS SpX-29 Docking

11/29/2023 – Progress MS-23/84P Undocking

12/3/2023 – Progress MS-25/86P Docking

12/21/2023 – CRS SpX-29 Undocking

12/22/2023 – CRS Cygnus NG-19 Unberthing & Release

1/20/2024 – Axiom Mission 3 Docking (Non-Expedition crew)

1/31/2024 – CRS Cygnus NG-20 Capture & Berthing

Planned Events:

2/2/2024 – Axiom Mission 3 Undocking (Non-Expedition crew)

February 2024 – SpaceX Crew-8 Docking[13]

13 February 2024 – SpaceX Crew-7 Undocking

2/12/2024 – Progress MS-24/85P Undocking

2/15/2024 – Progress MS-26/87P Docking[14]

3/21/2024 – Soyuz MS-25 Docking (Expedition 70/71 & Visiting Expedition 21)

04/02/2024 – Soyuz MS-24 Undocking, official switch to Expedition 71

Next: Expedition 71

Sources:[14][4][15]

Crew

Flight[4] Astronaut Increment 70a Increment 70b Increment 70c Increment 70d
27 Sept 2023 - Feb 2024 (current) TBD Feb - 13 Feb 2024 (planned) 13 Feb - 21 Mar 2024 (planned) 21 Mar - 2 Apr 2024 (planned)
Soyuz MS-24 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
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 United States Tracy Caldwell-Dyson, NASA
Third spaceflight 		Off Station Flight Engineer

Besides the expedition crew, Crew-Dragon'll visit the station, carrying Axiom Mission 3, consisting of Michael López-Alegría of Axiom Space (formerly NASA), Walter Villadei of the Italian Ministry of Defence, Alper Gezeravcı of the Turkish Space Agency, and Marcus Wandt of the Swedish National Space Agency.[16]

The Soyuz MS-25 vehicle will carry expedition member: Tracy Caldwell-Dyson and visitors Oleg Novitsky of Roscosmos and Marina Vasilevskaya, a flight attendant trained by the Belarus Space Agency for Visiting Expedition 21. 1 week after docking, Novitsky and Vasilevskaya will return with expedition member Loral O'Hara on the Soyuz MS-24 vehicle.

September 2024: Meanwhile, Kononenko & Chub--originally launching on MS-24--will return on the MS-25 vehicle.

Vehicle manifest

Vehicle[4] 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 29 Nov 2023
United States CRS Cygnus NG-19 "Laurel Clark" US Cargo Unity Nadir 4 Aug 2023 22 Dec 2023
Russia Progress MS-24/85P Russian Cargo Zvezda Aft 25 Aug 2023 13 Feb 2024 (scheduled)
United States SpaceX Crew-7 "Endurance" Exp. 69/70 USOS Crew Harmony Zenith 27 Aug 2023 Feb 2024 (scheduled)
Russia Soyuz MS-24/70S Exp. 69/70 Russian Crew Rassvet Nadir 15 Sep 2023 2 Apr 2024 (scheduled)
Vehicles docked during Expedition 70
United States CRS Dragon SpX-29 US Cargo Harmony Forward 11 Nov 2023 21 Dec 2023
Russia Progress MS-25/86P Russian Cargo Poisk Zenith 3 Dec 2023 Expected to transfer to Exp. 71
United States Axiom Mission 3 "Freedom" Non-Expedition US Commercial Mission Harmony Forward 20 Jan 2024 2 Feb 2024 (scheduled)
United States CRS Cygnus NG-20 "Patricia "Patty" Hilliard Robertson" US Cargo Unity Nadir 31 Jan 2024 Expected to transfer to Exp. 71
Vehicles scheduled to dock during Expedition 70
Russia Progress MS-26/87P Russian Cargo Zvezda aft 15 Feb 2024 (scheduled) Expected to transfer to Exp. 71
United States SpaceX Crew-8 "Endeavour" Exp. 70/71 USOS Crew Harmony Forward 23 Feb 2024 (scheduled) Expected to transfer to Exp. 71
Russia Soyuz MS-25/71S Exp. 70/71 Crew, Visiting Expedition Prichal nadir 21 Mar 2024 (scheduled) Expected to transfer to Exp. 71
Segment United States US Orbital Segment Russia Russian Segment
Port Harmony Forward Harmony Zenith Harmony Nadir Unity Nadir Rassvet Nadir Prichal Nadir Poisk Zenith Zvezda Aft
Status Occupied Occupied Occupied Occupied Occupied Scheduled Occupied Occupied
Previous CRS SpX-29 CRS NG-19 Progress MS-23/83P
Current Axiom Mission-3 SpaceX Crew-7 Cygnus NG-20 Soyuz MS-24/70S Progress MS-25/84P Progress

MS-24/83P

Future SpaceX Crew-8 Soyuz MS-25/71S Progress MS-26/87P

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.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Graf, Abby (27 September 2023). "Crewed Soyuz Spacecraft Undocking Live on NASA TV". NASA. https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2023/09/27/crewed-soyuz-spacecraft-undocking-live-on-nasa-tv/. 
  2. ↑ Dinner, Josh (23 August 2023). "SpaceX Crew-7 astronauts will handle over 200 science experiments on ISS". Space.com. https://www.space.com/nasa-spacex-crew-7-science-highlight. 
  3. ↑ "Better Late Than Never: New ISS Crew Prepares to Fly, All-Female EVAs Possible in October – AmericaSpace". AmericaSpace.com. 10 September 2023. https://www.americaspace.com/209/23/2010/better-late-than-never-new-iss-crew-prepares-to-fly-all-female-evas-possible-in-october/. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 "Complete ISS flight events". 15 April 2023. https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=32006.3520. 
  5. ↑ (both on a 1-year-long ISS mission)
  6. ↑ "Soyuz MS-24 preps continue days before launch". ABS-CBN. 12 September 2023. https://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/multimedia/photo/09/12/23/soyuz-ms-24-set-for-launch-to-iss. 
  7. ↑ (the purpose of RTOd installation's spreading heat from Nauka's experiments). The malfunction is a leak, and rendered the RTOd radiator completely unusable for Nauka.
  8. ↑ Robinson-Smith, Will. "Russian space station laboratory module appears to spring coolant leak – Spaceflight Now". Spaceflight Now. https://spaceflightnow.com/2023/10/09/leak-detected-onboard-russian-segment-of-international-space-station/. 
  9. ↑ "Госкорпорация "Роскосмос"" (in ru). Roscosmos. 9 October 2023. https://t.me/roscosmos_gk/11130. 
  10. ↑ Sturm, Karin (20 November 2023). "Stars aligning for Boeing crew launch in April". NASASpaceFlight.com. https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2023/11/starliner-asap-nac/. 
  11. ↑ Pearlman, Robert Z. (26 October 2023). "Cosmonauts on ISS spacewalk encounter coolant 'blob' while inspecting leaky radiator". Space.com. https://www.space.com/russian-spacewalk-nauka-radiator-leak-october-2023. 
  12. ↑ Pearlman, Robert Z. (1 November 2023). "NASA astronauts complete 4th-ever all-female spacewalk outside International Space Station". Space.com. https://www.space.com/nasa-all-female-spacewalk-november-2023. 
  13. ↑ "NASA Sets Briefings for Crew-8, International Space Station Missions" (Press release). NASA. 17 January 2024. M24-006. Archived from the original on 19 January 2024. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 "Launch Schedule – Spaceflight Now" (in en-US). https://spaceflightnow.com/launch-schedule/. 
  15. ↑ "Microgravity Research Flights". NASA. 10 November 2020. https://www1.grc.nasa.gov/space/iss-research/microgravity-research-flights/. 
  16. ↑ Howell, Elizabeth (13 December 2023). "SpaceX to launch 3rd private astronaut mission to the ISS for Axiom Space on Jan. 9". Space.com. https://www.space.com/spacex-axiom-space-ax-3-international-space-station-launch-date. 



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