Expedition 66

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ISS Expedition 66
Promotional poster
Mission typeLong-duration mission to the ISS
OperatorNASA / Roscosmos
Mission duration164 days, 6 hours and 7 minutes
Expedition
Space stationInternational Space Station
Began17 October 2021, 01:14 UTC[1]
Ended30 March 2022, 07:21:03[1]
Arrived aboardSpaceX Crew-2
Soyuz MS-19
SpaceX Crew-3
Soyuz MS-21
Departed aboardSpaceX Crew-2
Soyuz MS-19
Crew
Crew size7-10
Members
  • Expedition 65/66:
    EVA
    duration
25 hours 31 minutes

Expedition 66 mission patch, resembling that of U.S. Route 66

Expedition 66 crew portrait 
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]

Pesquet was transported to the ISS on

The Challenge: film director Klim Shipenko and actress Yulia Peresild
.

2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine and related sanctions on Russia.[9]

Crew

Flight Astronaut First part
(17 October – 8 November 2021) 		Second part
(8–11 November 2021)[10] 		Third part
(11 November 2021 – 18 March 2022) 		Fourth part
(18 March – 30 March 2022)
Soyuz MS-19 Russia Anton Shkaplerov, Roscosmos
Fourth and last spaceflight 		Flight Engineer Commander
Russia Pyotr Dubrov, Roscosmos
First spaceflight 		Flight Engineer
United States Mark T. Vande Hei, NASA
Second spaceflight 		Flight Engineer
SpaceX Crew-2 United States Shane Kimbrough, NASA
Third and last spaceflight 		Flight Engineer Off Station
Megan McArthur, NASA

Second spaceflight 		Flight Engineer Off Station
Japan Akihiko Hoshide, JAXA
Third spaceflight 		Flight Engineer Off Station
ESA

Second spaceflight 		Commander Off Station
SpaceX Crew-3 United States Raja Chari, NASA
First spaceflight 		Off Station Flight Engineer
United States Thomas Marshburn, NASA
Third spaceflight 		Off Station Flight Engineer
ESA

First spaceflight 		Off Station Flight Engineer
United States Kayla Barron, NASA
First spaceflight 		Off Station Flight Engineer
Soyuz MS-21 Russia Oleg Artemyev, Roscosmos
Third spaceflight 		Off Station Flight Engineer
Russia Denis Matveev, Roscosmos
First spaceflight 		Off Station Flight Engineer
Russia Sergey Korsakov, Roscosmos
First spaceflight 		Off Station Flight 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.

References

  1. ^ a b "ISS Expedition 66". spacefacts.de. 6 November 2021. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  2. ^ "NASA Television Upcoming Events". 16 October 2017. Archived from the original on 2021-09-24. Retrieved 2021-09-24.
  3. ^ York, Joanna (2021-03-19). "French astronaut next International Space Station commander". www.connexionfrance.com. Retrieved 2021-04-21.
  4. ^ "Space Launch Now - ISS Expedition 66 Change of Command Ceremony".
  5. ^ Gohd, Chelsea (23 April 2021). "SpaceX's Crew-2 launch lights up the predawn sky with a spectacular show (photos)". Space.com. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
  6. ^ "Alpha 2021" (PDF). esamultimedia.esa.int. European Space Agency. Retrieved 2021-04-21.
  7. ^ "NASA, SpaceX Adjust Crew-2 Station Departure Date". 8 November 2021.
  8. ^ "Soyuz MS-19 to send a "movie crew" to ISS". www.russianspaceweb.com. Retrieved 2021-10-04.
  9. S2CID 247407886
    . Retrieved 13 March 2022.
  10. ^ "NASA SpaceX Crew-2 to Discuss Station Mission, Upcoming Splashdown". NASA. 4 November 2021. Retrieved 2021-11-05.
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