Expedition 62

Expedition 62

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Mission type	Long-duration expedition
Mission duration	70d 20h 3m
Expedition
Space station	International Space Station
Began	6 February 2020, 05:50:28 UTC
Ended	17 April 2020, 01:53:30 UTC [1]
Arrived aboard	Soyuz MS-13 Soyuz MS-15 Soyuz MS-16
Departed aboard	Soyuz MS-15
Crew
Crew size	6
Members	Expedition 61/62: Oleg Skripochka Jessica Meir Expedition 60/61/62: Andrew Morgan Expedition 62/63: Anatoli Ivanishin Ivan Vagner Christopher Cassidy
Expedition 62 mission patch From left: NASA astronaut Andrew Morgan, Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Skripochka, and NASA astronaut Jessica Meir. ISS expeditions ←  Expedition 61 Expedition 63  →

Expedition 62 was the 62nd long duration mission to the International Space Station, which began 5:50 UTC on 6 February 2020 with the undocking of the Soyuz MS-13 spacecraft. The expedition consisted of Russian commander Oleg Skripochka, as well as American flight engineers Jessica Meir and Andrew Morgan. ^[2] The second part of Expedition 62 was made up of the three crew members from Soyuz MS-16. ^[3]

Crew

Position	First part (6 February –9 April 2020)	Second part (9–17 April 2020)
Commander	Oleg Skripochka, RSA Third and last spaceflight
Flight engineer	Jessica Meir, NASA First spaceflight
Flight engineer	Andrew Morgan, NASA First spaceflight
Flight engineer	Off station	Anatoli Ivanishin, RSA Third and last spaceflight
Flight engineer	Off station	Ivan Vagner, RSA First spaceflight
Flight engineer	Off station	Christopher Cassidy, NASA Third and last spaceflight

Crew notes

Soyuz MS-16 was originally meant to transport the Expedition 63/64 crew to the ISS, carrying Tikhonov, Babkin and Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide to the ISS. On 31 October 2019 it was announced that NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy would fly the mission instead of Hoshide, in order to make sure an American astronaut was on board the station at all times, in the face of delays with the Commercial Crew Program. These changes also meant that Soyuz MS-16's crew would make up part of Expedition 62. ^[4] The expedition also marked the first time the Russian segment of the ISS has had three crew members since Expedition 50 and was one of the shortest expeditions in the program at just over two months long.

Patch design notes

In February 2019, graphic designer and art director Jessie Bowers (Cypha) designed the Expedition 62 patch. This mission patch is the final ISS expedition insignia that bears the crew's surnames. All succeeding patches have no names in their graphics since the expedition member sizes has expanded to eleven individuals.

References

1. "ISS Expedition 62". spacefacts.de. 15 December 2020. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
2. Northon, Karen (16 April 2019). "NASA Announces First Flight, Record-Setting Mission". NASA. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
3. "ISS Expedition Reports". www.spacefacts.de. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
4. Potter, Sean (30 October 2019). "NASA Assigns Chris Cassidy to Next Space Station Crew, Holds Briefing". NASA. Retrieved 13 November 2019.

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