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| Mission type | Long-duration expedition |
|---|---|
| Mission duration | 187 days, 21 hours and 38 minutes |
| Expedition | |
| Space station | International Space Station |
| Began | 17 April 2020, 01:53:30 UTC[1] |
| Ended | 21 October 2020, 23:32:09 UTC[2][1] |
| Arrived aboard | Soyuz MS-16 Crew Dragon Demo-2 Soyuz MS-17 |
| Departed aboard | Soyuz MS-16 Crew Dragon Demo-2 |
| Crew | |
| Crew size | 3-6 (cumulative total: 8) |
| Members |
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| EVAs | 4[1] |
| EVA duration | 23 hours 37 minutes |
 Expedition 63 mission patch  Up: Roscosmos cosmonaut Anatoli Ivanishin, NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy, Roscosmos cosmonaut Ivan Vagner (Soyuz MS-16), and down: NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken (Crew Dragon Demo-2) | |
Expedition 63 was the 63rd long duration mission to the International Space Station, which began on 17 April 2020 with the undocking of the Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft and continued until the undocking of the Soyuz MS-16 spacecraft on 21 October 2020, an unusual double-length expedition increment.[3] The expedition initially consisted of American commander Chris Cassidy, as well as Russian flight engineers Anatoli Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner.[4] On 31 May 2020, the Expedition welcomed the crew of Crew Dragon Demo-2, the first crewed flight of SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft, named Endeavour after the eponymous Space Shuttle vehicle. The mission's two crew members Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken undocked from the International Space Station on 1 August 2020[5] to help bolster research on the station and participate in several spacewalks outside of the station.[6][7]
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- ^ "Increment 63" (in Japanese). JAXA. 10 April 2020. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
- ^ Potter, Sean (30 October 2019). "NASA Assigns Chris Cassidy to Next Space Station Crew, Holds Briefing". NASA. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ Fisher, Christine (17 July 2020). "NASA SpaceX Crew Dragon Demo-2 astronauts will return to Earth on August 2". Engadget.
- ^ Groh, Jamie (19 March 2020). "SpaceX, NASA ready for first crewed launch from US soil in almost a decade".
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