Expedition 65
Expedition 65 explored advanced medicine, studied space botany, tested new ultrasound technology, and installed new roll-out solar arrays.
Mission Type
Meet the crew
Launch
Landing
Crew Members
Thomas Pesquet, Commander
Pyotr Dubrov, Flight Engineer
Shane Kimbrough, Flight Engineer
Megan McArthur, Flight Engineer
Akihiko Hoshide, Flight Engineer
Oleg Novitskiy, Flight Engineer
Mark Vande Hei, Flight Engineer
Crew and Cargo Missions
10/5/21 – Soyuz MS-19 Launch/Dock
9/30/21 – SpaceX CRS-23 Undock
9/28/21 – Soyuz MS-18 Relocation
8/30/21 – SpaceX CRS-23 Dock
8/29/21 – SpaceX CRS-23 Launch
8/12/21 – Cygnus CRS-16 Capture
8/10/21 – Cygnus CRS-16 Launch
7/29/21 – Nauka MLM Installation
7/26/21 – ISS Progress 77/Pirs Undock
7/21/21 – Nauka MLM Launch
7/21/21 – SpaceX Crew-2 Relocation
7/8/21 – SpaceX CRS-22 Undock
7/1/21 – ISS Progress 78 Dock
6/29/21 – ISS Progress 78 Launch
6/29/21 – Cygnus CRS-15 Release
6/5/21 – SpaceX CRS-22 Dock
6/3/21 – SpaceX CRS-22 Launch
5/2/21 – SpaceX Crew-1 Splashdown
5/1/21 – SpaceX Crew-1 Undock
4/27/21 – ISS Progress 75 Undock
Spacewalks
Date: Sept. 9, 2021
Duration: 7 hours, 25 minutes
Spacewalkers: Oleg Novitskiy, Pyotr Dubrov
Date: Sept. 3, 2021
Duration: 7 hours, 54 minutes
Spacewalkers: Oleg Novitskiy, Pyotr Dubrov
Date: June 25, 2021
Duration: 6 hours, 45 minutes
Spacewalkers: Thomas Pesquet, Shane Kimbrough
Date: June 20, 2021
Duration: 6 hours, 28 minutes
Spacewalkers: Thomas Pesquet, Shane Kimbrough
Date: June 16, 2021
Duration: 7 hours, 15 minutes
Spacewalkers: Thomas Pesquet, Shane Kimbrough
Date: June 2, 2021
Duration: 7 hours, 19 minutes
Spacewalkers: Oleg Novitskiy, Pyotr Dubrov
Expedition 65 Resources
Mission Blogs
The daily blog updates for Expedition 65 highlighting crew and cargo missions, spacewalks, and advanced space research.
Mission Summary
Get an overview of the Expedition, its crew and the activities they are working on during this mission to the International Space Station.
Mission Science
Learn more about the range of microgravity science encompassing human research, space phsyics, and more the Expedition 65 crew has conducted.
SpaceX Crew-1 Science
The SpaceX Crew-1 members studied the effects of spaceflight on bones, veins, arteries, and the eye. The crewmates also explored robotic assistants, space agriculture, space nutrition, and more.
SpaceX Crew-2 Science
The SpaceX Crew-2 members studied space-caused muscle loss, an ultrasound beam to manipulate objects, natural and man-made Earth changes, fire safety in space, and more.
Mission Imagery
During Expedition 65, the crew took images of the Earth views, the orbiting station, their daily lives aboard and the experiments they conducted during their stay, plus so much more. Check out some of the image highlights from Expedition 65 in the gallery.
Space Station Imagery
View imagery taken from the International Space Station since 1999 of daily crew activities, spacewalks, visiting vehicles, and the Earth below.
