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Mission type | Long-duration expedition |
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Mission duration | 125d 22h 12m |
Expedition | |
Space station | International Space Station |
Began | 3 October 2019, 07:37:32 UTC[1][2] |
Ended | 6 February 2020, 05:50:28 UTC |
Arrived aboard | Soyuz MS-12 Soyuz MS-13 Soyuz MS-15 |
Departed aboard | Soyuz MS-13 |
Crew | |
Crew size | 6 |
Members |
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EVAs | 9[2] |
EVA duration | 54h 27m[2] |
![]() Expedition 61 mission patch ![]() From left: NASA astronaut Andrew Morgan, Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Skvortsov, astronaut Luca Parmitano of ESA (European Space Agency), Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Skripochka, and NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Christina Koch. |
Expedition 61 was the 61st Expedition to the International Space Station, which began on 3 October 2019 with the undocking of the Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft.[1] The Expedition was commanded by ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano, who became the third European and first Italian astronaut to command the ISS.[3] Parmitano, along with his Soyuz MS-13 colleagues Aleksandr Skvortsov[3] and Andrew Morgan,[3] and Christina Koch from Soyuz MS-12,[4] transferred over from Expedition 60. They were joined by Oleg Skripochka[4] and Jessica Meir,[4] who launched on 25 September 2019 on board Soyuz MS-15.[4]