Expedition 72

Expedition 72

Expedition 72 crew
Mission type	Long-duration expedition
Operator	NASA / Roscosmos
Mission duration	57 days, 20 hours and 33 minutes (in progress)
Expedition
Space station	International Space Station
Began	23 September 2024
Ended	March 2025
Arrived aboard	SpaceX Crew-8 Boeing Crew Flight Test Soyuz MS-26 SpaceX Crew-9 Soyuz MS-27 SpaceX Crew-10
Departed aboard	SpaceX Crew-8 Soyuz MS-26 SpaceX Crew-9
Crew
Crew size	7–11
Members	Expedition 70/71/72: Matthew Dominick Michael Barratt Jeanette Epps Alexander Grebenkin Expedition 71/72: Barry E. Wilmore Sunita Williams Aleksey Ovchinin Ivan Vagner Donald Pettit Expedition 72: Nick Hague Aleksandr Gorbunov Expedition 72/73: Anne McClain Nichole Ayers Takuya Onishi Kirill Peskov Sergey Ryzhikov Alexey Zubritsky Jonny Kim
Expedition 72 mission patch Left to right, top row: Ovchinin, Williams, Wilmore Middle row: Vagner, Pettit Bottom row: Gorbunov, Hague Expeditions ← Expedition 71 Expedition 73 →

Expedition 72 is the 72nd long-duration expedition to the International Space Station (ISS). The expedition began with the departure of Soyuz MS-25 on 23 September 2024 and is led by Sunita Williams, her second time serving as commander of the ISS.^[1]

Expedition 72 will continue the extensive scientific research conducted aboard the ISS, focusing on various fields, including biology, human physiology, physics, and materials science. The crew members will also maintain and upgrade the space station systems.