Expedition 66

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ISS Expedition 66
Expedition 66 crew poster.jpg
Promotional poster
Mission typeLong-duration mission to the ISS
Operator NASA / Roscosmos
Mission duration164 days, 6 hours and 7 minutes
Expedition
Space station International Space Station
Began17 October 2021, 01:14 UTC [1]
Ended30 March 2022, 07:21:03 [1]
Arrived aboard SpaceX Crew-2
Soyuz MS-19
SpaceX Crew-3
Soyuz MS-21
Departed aboard SpaceX Crew-2
Soyuz MS-19
Crew
Crew size7-10
Members
EVAs 4
EVA duration25 hours 31 minutes
ISS Expedition 66 Patch.svg
Expedition 66 mission patch, resembling that of U.S. Route 66
Expedition 66 crew portrait.jpg
Expedition 66 crew portrait 
The crews from Expedition 66 crew (2nd and 3rd row) with non-expedition Soyuz MS-20 crew (1st row). The Soyuz MS-20 and Expedition 66 crews.jpg
The crews from Expedition 66 crew (2nd and 3rd row) with non-expedition Soyuz MS-20 crew (1st row).

Expedition 66 was the 66th long-duration expedition to the International Space Station. The mission began after the departure of Soyuz MS-18 on 17 October 2021. [2] It was commanded by European Space Agency astronaut Thomas Pesquet, the fourth European astronaut to command the ISS and first French astronaut to command the orbital laboratory [3] until 8 November 2021 when Russian cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov, who arrived aboard Soyuz MS-19 and took over his command. [4]

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Pesquet was transported to the ISS on SpaceX Crew-2 in April 2021, joined by NASA astronauts Shane Kimbrough and Megan McArthur and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Akihiko Hoshide. [5] Crew-2 from Expedition 65 extended their tour of duty on the ISS to become part of Expedition 66, [6] along with Russian cosmonaut Pyotr Dubrov and NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei, who both launched on Soyuz MS-18 and returned to Earth on Soyuz MS-19, following their extended mission. Russian cosmonaut Shkaplerov launched on Soyuz MS-19, along with two participants in the joint film project between Roscosmos and Channel One, The Challenge: film director Klim Shipenko and actress Yulia Peresild.

SpaceX Crew-3, launched 10 November 2021, carried NASA astronauts Raja Chari, Thomas Marshburn, and Kayla Barron and ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer to the ISS. [7] At the end of Expedition 66, they remained on the ISS as part of Expedition 67 while Dubrov and Vande Hei returned to Earth aboard Soyuz MS-19. [8] However, continued international collaboration has been thrown into doubt by the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine and related sanctions on Russia. [9]

Crew

FlightAstronautFirst part
(17 October 8 November 2021)
Second part
(811 November 2021) [10]
Third part
(11 November 2021 18 March 2022)
Fourth part
(18 March 30 March 2022)
Soyuz MS-19 Flag of Russia.svg Anton Shkaplerov, Roscosmos
Fourth and last spaceflight
Flight EngineerCommander
Flag of Russia.svg Pyotr Dubrov, Roscosmos
First spaceflight
Flight Engineer
Flag of the United States.svg Mark T. Vande Hei, NASA
Second spaceflight
Flight Engineer
SpaceX Crew-2 Flag of the United States.svg Shane Kimbrough, NASA
Third and last spaceflight
Flight EngineerOff Station
Flag of the United States.svg Megan McArthur, NASA
Second spaceflight
Flight EngineerOff Station
Flag of Japan.svg Akihiko Hoshide, JAXA
Third spaceflight
Flight EngineerOff Station
Flag of France.svg Thomas Pesquet, ESA
Second spaceflight
CommanderOff Station
SpaceX Crew-3 Flag of the United States.svg Raja Chari, NASA
First spaceflight
Off StationFlight Engineer
Flag of the United States.svg Thomas Marshburn, NASA
Third spaceflight
Off StationFlight Engineer
Flag of Germany.svg Matthias Maurer, ESA
First spaceflight
Off StationFlight Engineer
Flag of the United States.svg Kayla Barron, NASA
First spaceflight
Off StationFlight Engineer
Soyuz MS-21 Flag of Russia.svg Oleg Artemyev, Roscosmos
Third spaceflight
Off StationFlight Engineer
Flag of Russia.svg Denis Matveev, Roscosmos
First spaceflight
Off StationFlight Engineer
Flag of Russia.svg Sergey Korsakov, Roscosmos
First spaceflight
Off StationFlight Engineer

Notes

  1. The European portion of SpaceX Crew-2 is called Alpha and is headed by Thomas Pesquet.
  2. The European portion of SpaceX Crew-3 is called Cosmic Kiss, which is headed by Matthias Maurer.

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