This article needs additional citations for verification .(January 2026) |
| Mission type | Long-duration expedition |
|---|---|
| Operator | NASA / Roscosmos |
| Mission duration | 31 days, 8 hours and 31 minutes (in progress) |
| Expedition | |
| Space station | International Space Station |
| Began | 9 December 2025 |
| Ended | 26 July 2026 (planned) |
| Arrived aboard | |
| Departed aboard | |
| Crew | |
| Crew size | 7–11 |
| Members |
|
| EVAs | 2 |
| Expedition 74 mission insignia Expedition 74 crew at NASA's Johnson Space Center, from left to right: Yui, Cardman, Platonov, Fincke, Mikayev, Williams, and Kud-Sverchkov | |
Expedition 74 is the 74th long-duration expedition to the International Space Station (ISS). The expedition began with the departure of Soyuz MS-27 on 9 December 2025 with NASA astronaut Michael Fincke taking over the ISS command and is expected to conclude with the undocking of Soyuz MS-28 on 26 July 2026. 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 commenced with a crew consisting of NASA astronauts Zena Cardman, Michael Fincke, and Christopher Williams, JAXA astronaut Kimiya Yui, and Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Platonov, Sergey Kud-Sverchkov, and Sergey Mikayev. [1]
The expedition is expected to see two spacewalks. On the first spacewalk, Cardman and Fincke were planned to prepare the 2A power channel for future installation of the iROSA that will provide additional power.[ citation needed ] However, the spacewalk was cancelled just hours before it was scheduled to begin due to a crewmember "medical situation". [2] On 15 January 2026, two crewmembers were planned to replace a high-definition camera, install a new navigational aid for visiting spacecraft on the Harmony module’s forward port, and relocate an early ammonia servicer jumper, a flexible hose assembly that connects parts of a fluid system, along with other jumpers on the station’s S6 and S4 truss.[ citation needed ]
Events involving crewed spacecraft are listed in bold.
Previous mission: Expedition 73
9 December 2025 – Soyuz MS-27 undocking, official switch from Expedition 73 [3]
8 January 2026 (cancelled) – EVA 1 (US-94) Cardman/Fincke, called off due to crewmember "medical situation" [2]
January 2026 – SpaceX Crew-11 undocking (planned)
21 January 2026 – CRS SpX-33 undocking (planned)
27 January 2026 – HTV-X1 unberthing and release
16 February 2026 – SpaceX Crew-12 docking (planned)
14 July 2026 – Soyuz MS-29 docking (planned)
26 July 2026 – Soyuz MS-28 undocking, official switch to Expedition 75
Next mission: Expedition 75
| Flight | Astronaut | Increment 74a | Increment 74b | Increment 74c | Increment 74d |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 Dec 2025–16 Feb 2026 (ongoing) | 16 Feb–Mar 2026 | Mar–14 July 2026 | 14–26 July 2026 | ||
| Soyuz MS-28 | Second spaceflight | Flight engineer | |||
| First spaceflight | Flight engineer | ||||
| First spaceflight | Flight engineer | ||||
| SpaceX Crew-11 | First spaceflight | Flight engineer | Off station | ||
| Fourth spaceflight | Commander | Off station | |||
| Second spaceflight | Flight engineer | Off station | |||
| First spaceflight | Flight engineer | Off station | |||
| SpaceX Crew-12 | Second spaceflight | Off station | Flight engineer | ||
| First spaceflight | Off station | Flight engineer | |||
| First spaceflight | Off station | Flight engineer | |||
| Second spaceflight | Off station | Flight engineer | |||
| Soyuz MS-29 | Second spaceflight | Off station | Flight engineer | ||
| Second spaceflight | Off station | Flight engineer | |||
| First spaceflight | Off station | Flight engineer | |||
| Vehicle | Purpose | Port | Docking date | Undocking date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicles inherited from Expedition 73 | ||||
| | Cargo | Poisk zenith | 5 Jul 2025 | 2026 |
| | Exp. 73/74 crew | Harmony zenith | 2 Aug 2025 | Jan 2026 |
| | Cargo | Harmony forward | 25 Aug 2025 | 21 Jan 2026 |
| | Cargo | Zvezda aft | 13 Sep 2025 | Feb 2026 |
| | Cargo | Unity nadir | 18 Sep 2025 | March 2026 |
| | Cargo | Harmony nadir | 29 Oct 2025 | 27 Jan 2026 |
| | Exp. 74 crew | Rassvet nadir | 27 Nov 2025 | 26 Jul 2026 |
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.