Expedition 69
Expedition 69 explored 3D-cultured cardiac tissues, tested a crew immunity system monitor, studied spacecraft fire safety, and allowed students an opportunity to design station hardware.
Mission Type
meet the crew
START
Landing
Crew Members
Sergey Prokopyev, Commander
Frank Rubio, Flight Engineer
Dmitri Petelin, Flight Engineer
Stephen Bowen, Flight Engineer
Woody Hoburg, Flight Engineer
Andrey Fedyaev, Flight Engineer
Sultan Alneyadi, Flight Engineer
Crew and Cargo Missions
9/27/23 – Soyuz MS-23 Undock/Land
9/15/23 – Soyuz MS-24 Launch/Dock
9/4/23 – SpaceX Crew-6 Splashdown
9/3/23 – SpaceX Crew-6 Undock
8/27/23 – SpaceX Crew-7 Dock
8/26/23 – SpaceX Crew-7 Launch
8/24/23 – ISS Progress 85 Dock
8/22/23 – ISS Progress 85 Launch
8/20/23 – ISS Progress 83 Undock
8/4/23 – Cygnus CRS-19 Capture
8/1/23 – Cygnus CRS-19 Launch
6/29/23 – SpaceX CRS-28 Undock
6/6/23 – SpaceX CRS-28 Dock
6/5/23 – SpaceX CRS-28 Launch
5/30/23 – Axiom Mission-2 Undock
5/24/23 – Progress 84 Launch/Dock
5/22/23 – Axiom Mission-2 Dock
5/21/23 – Axiom Mission-2 Launch
5/6/23 – SpaceX Crew-6 Relocation
4/21/23 – Cygnus CRS-18 Release
4/15/23 – SpaceX CRS-27 Undock
4/6/23 – Soyuz MS-23 Relocation
03/28/23 – Soyuz MS-22 Undock/Land
Spacewalks
Date: Aug. 9, 2023
Duration: 6 hours, 35 minutes
Spacewalkers: Sergey Prokopyev, Dmitri Petelin
Date: June 22, 2023
Duration: 6 hours, 24 minutes
Spacewalkers: Sergey Prokopyev, Dmitri Petelin
Date: June 15, 2023
Duration: 5 hours, 35 minutes
Spacewalkers: Woody Hoburg, Stephen Bowen
Date: June 9, 2023
Duration: 6 hours, 3 minutes
Spacewalkers: Stephen Bowen, Woody Hoburg
Date: May 12, 2023
Duration: 5 hours, 14 minutes
Spacewalkers: Sergey Prokopyev, Dmitri Petelin
Date: May 3, 2023
Duration: 7 hours, 11 minutes
Spacewalkers: Sergey Prokopyev, Dmitri Petelin
Date: April 28, 2023
Duration: 7 hours, 1 minute
Spacewalkers: Stephen Bowen, Sultan Alneyadi
Date: April 19, 2023
Duration: 7 hours, 55 minutes
Spacewalkers: Sergey Prokopyev, Dmitri Petelin
Expedition 69 Image Gallery
Expedition 69 Resources
Mission Blogs
The daily blog updates for Expedition 69 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 69 crew has conducted.
SpaceX Crew-6 Science
The SpaceX Crew-6 members studied how materials burn in weightlessness, immunity health in space, space-caused changes in cell function and genetic expression, and more.
SpaceX Crew-7 Science
The SpaceX Crew-7 members compared Earth and space sleep patterns, monitored numerous astronaut health parameters, examined disinfectants to clean spacecraft surfaces, and more.
Mission Imagery
During Expedition 69, 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 69 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.
