![]() The Expedition 73 crew posing for a portrait inside the Zvezda module | |
Mission type | Long-duration expedition |
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Operator | NASA / Roscosmos |
Mission duration | 135 days, 1 hour and 42 minutes (in progress) |
Expedition | |
Space station | International Space Station |
Began | 19 April 2025 |
Ended | 9 December 2025 |
Arrived aboard | |
Departed aboard | |
Crew | |
Crew size | 7–11 |
Members |
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EVAs | 1 |
EVA duration | 5 hours, 44 minutes |
![]() Expedition 73 mission patch ![]() Left to right, top row: Peskov, Kim, Ryzhikov, Zubritsky and Onishi. Bottom row: Ayers and McClain. |
Expedition 73 is the 73rd long-duration expedition to the International Space Station (ISS). The expedition began with the departure of Soyuz MS-26 on 19 April 2025 with JAXA astronaut Takuya Onishi taking over the ISS command. [1] It continues the extensive scientific research conducted aboard the ISS, focusing on various fields, including biology, human physiology, physics, and materials science. The crew members also maintain and upgrade the space station systems.
The expedition consisted of NASA astronauts Anne McClain, Nichole Ayers, and Jonny Kim, JAXA astronaut Takuya Onishi, and Roscosmos cosmonauts Kirill Peskov, Sergey Ryzhikov, and Alexey Zubritsky.
The expedition has seen one spacewalk so far. On May 1, 2025, McClain and Ayers performed a 5-hour, 44-minute EVA to install a modification kit on the port side of the station’s truss structure enabling the future installation of its seventh iROSA and relocated an antenna that communicates with approaching and departing commercial crew and cargo spacecraft.
On June 26, 2025, the crew was joined by the staff of Axiom Mission 4's Crew Dragon Grace: commander Peggy Whitson of the United States, pilot Shubhanshu Shukla of India, and mission specialists Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski of Poland and Tibor Kapu of Hungary. [2] [3] Their mission marked India, Poland, and Hungary's return to crewed spaceflight for the first time in over 40 years. [4] During their two-week stay aboard the ISS, the astronauts carried out 60 experiments planned by 31 different countries. [3] [5]
SpaceX Crew-11 arrived at the ISS on August 2, transporting NASA astronauts Zena Cardman and Michael Fincke, JAXA astronaut Kimiya Yui, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov. The mission featured a handover with Crew-10 of six days. Onishi handed over command of the space station to Ryzhikov on August 5. Crew-10 departed with McClain, Ayers, Onishi, and Peskov on August 8.
Events involving crewed spacecraft are listed in bold.
Previous mission: Expedition 72
19 April 2025 - Soyuz MS-26 undocking, official switch from Expedition 72
22 April 2025 - CRS SpX-32 docking
1 May 2025 - EVA 1 (US-93) McClain/Ayers: 5 hrs, 44 mins
23 May 2025 - CRS SpX-32 undocking
26 June 2025 - Axiom Mission 4 docking (Non-Expedition crew)
1 July 2025 - Progress MS-29 undocking
5 July 2025 - Progress MS-31 docking
14 July 2025 - Axiom Mission 4 undocking (Non-Expedition crew)
2 August 2025 - SpaceX Crew-11 docking
5 August 2025 - ISS Expedition 73 change of command from Takuya Onishi to Sergey Ryzhikov
8 August 2025 - SpaceX Crew-10 undocking
25 August 2025 - CRS SpX-33 docking
27 November 2025 - Soyuz MS-28 docking(planned)
8 December 2025 - ISS Expedition 73/74 change of command from Sergey Ryzhikov to Michael Fincke [ citation needed ]
9 December 2025 - Soyuz MS-27 undocking, official switch to Expedition 74 (planned)
Next mission: Expedition 74
Flight | Astronaut | Increment 73a | Increment 73b | Increment 73c | Increment 73d |
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19 Apr-2 Aug 2025 | 2-8 Aug 2025 | 8 Aug-27 Nov 2025 (ongoing) | 27 Nov-9 Dec 2025 (planned) | ||
Soyuz MS-27 | ![]() Third spaceflight | Flight engineer | Commander | ||
![]() First spaceflight | Flight engineer | ||||
![]() First spaceflight | Flight engineer | ||||
SpaceX Crew-10 | ![]() Second spaceflight | Flight engineer | Off station | ||
![]() First spaceflight | Flight engineer | Off station | |||
![]() Second spaceflight | Commander | Off station | |||
![]() First spaceflight | Flight engineer | Off station | |||
SpaceX Crew-11 | ![]() First spaceflight | Off station | Flight engineer | ||
![]() Fourth spaceflight | Off station | Flight engineer | |||
![]() Second spaceflight | Off station | Flight engineer | |||
![]() First spaceflight | Off station | Flight engineer | |||
Soyuz MS-28 (planned) | ![]() Second spaceflight | Off station | Flight engineer | ||
![]() First spaceflight | Off station | Flight engineer | |||
![]() First spaceflight | Off station | Flight engineer |
Vehicle | Purpose | Port | Docking date | Undocking date |
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Vehicles inherited from Expedition 72 | ||||
![]() | Cargo | Poisk zenith | 23 Nov 2024 | 1 Jul 2025 |
![]() | Cargo | Zvezda aft | 1 Mar 2025 | Aug 2025 |
![]() | Exp. 72/73 crew | Harmony forward | 16 Mar 2025 | 8 Aug 2025 |
![]() | Exp. 72/73 crew | Prichal nadir | 8 Apr 2025 | 9 Dec 2025 |
Vehicles docked during Expedition 73 | ||||
![]() | Cargo | Harmony zenith | 22 Apr 2025 | 23 May 2025 |
![]() | Visiting commercial mission | Harmony zenith | 26 Jun 2025 | 14 Jul 2025 |
![]() | Cargo | Poisk zenith | 3 Jul 2025 | Dec 2025 |
![]() | Exp. 73/74 crew | Harmony zenith | 2 Aug 2025 | April 2026 (Exp. 74) |
![]() | Cargo | Harmony forward | 25 Aug 2025 | December 2025 |
![]() | Exp. 73/74 crew | Rassvet nadir | 27 Nov 2025 | 15 June 2026 (Exp. 74) |
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.