Expedition 62

Expedition 62 was the 62nd long duration mission to the International Space Station, which began 5:50 UTC on 6 February 2020 with the undocking of the Soyuz MS-13 spacecraft. The Expedition consisted of Russian commander Oleg Skripochka, as well as American flight engineers Jessica Meir and Andrew Morgan.[2] The second part of Expedition 62 was made up of the three crew members from Soyuz MS-16.[3]

ISS Expedition 62

Mission duration	70d 20h 3m
Expedition
Space Station	International Space Station
Began	6 February 2020, 05:50:28 UTC
Ended	17 April 2020, 01:53:30 UTC[1]
Arrived aboard	Soyuz MS-13 Soyuz MS-15 Soyuz MS-16
Departed aboard	Soyuz MS-15
Crew
Crew size	6
Members	Oleg Skripochka Jessica Meir Andrew Morgan Anatoli Ivanishin Ivan Vagner Christopher Cassidy
From left: NASA astronaut Andrew Morgan, Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Skripochka, and NASA astronaut Jessica Meir. ISS expeditions

Crew

Position	February-April 2020	April 2020
Commander	Oleg Skripochka, RKA Third spaceflight
Flight Engineer 1	Jessica Meir, NASA First spaceflight
Flight Engineer 2	Andrew Morgan, NASA First spaceflight
Flight Engineer 3		Anatoli Ivanishin, RSA Third spaceflight
Flight Engineer 4		Ivan Vagner, RSA First spaceflight
Flight Engineer 5		Christopher Cassidy, NASA Third spaceflight

Crew notes

Soyuz MS-16 was originally meant to transport the Expedition 63/64 crew to the ISS, carrying Tikhonov, Babkin and Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide to the ISS. On 31 October 2019 it was announced that NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy would fly the mission instead of Hoshide, in order to make sure an American astronaut was onboard the station at all times, in the face of delays with the Commercial Crew Program. These changes also meant that Soyuz MS-16's crew would make up part of Expedition 62.[4] The Expedition also marked the first time the Russian segment of the ISS has had three crew members since Expedition 50, and was one of the shortest expeditions in the program, at just over two months long.

Patch design notes

In February of 2019, graphic designer and art director Jessie Bowers (Cypha) designed the Expedition 62 patch.

References

1. "Expedition 53".
2. Northon, Karen (16 April 2019). "NASA Announces First Flight, Record-Setting Mission". NASA. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
3. "ISS Expedition Reports". www.spacefacts.de. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
4. Potter, Sean (30 October 2019). "NASA Assigns Chris Cassidy to Next Space Station Crew, Holds Briefing". NASA. Retrieved 13 November 2019.