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
Promotional Poster
Mission duration70d 20h 3m
Expedition
Space stationInternational Space Station
Began6 February 2020, 05:50:28 UTC
Ended17 April 2020, 01:53:30 UTC[1]
Arrived aboardSoyuz MS-13
Soyuz MS-15
Soyuz MS-16
Departed aboardSoyuz MS-15
Crew
Crew size6
Members

Expedition 62 mission patch

From left: NASA astronaut Andrew Morgan, Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Skripochka, and NASA astronaut Jessica Meir.
 

Crew
Position First part
(6 February – 9 April 2020)		 Second part
(9–17 April 2020)
Commander Russia Oleg Skripochka, RSA
Third and last spaceflight
Flight Engineer 1 United States Jessica Meir, NASA
First spaceflight
Flight Engineer 2 United States Andrew Morgan, NASA
First spaceflight
Flight Engineer 3   Russia Anatoli Ivanishin, RSA
Third and last spaceflight
Flight Engineer 4   Russia Ivan Vagner, RSA
First spaceflight
Flight Engineer 5   United States Christopher Cassidy, NASA
Third and last 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 on board 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 2019, graphic designer and art director Jessie Bowers (Cypha) designed the Expedition 62 patch. This mission patch is the final ISS expedition insignia that bears the crew's surnames. All succeeding patches have no names in their graphics since the expedition member sizes has expanded to eleven individuals.

References
  1. "ISS Expedition 62". spacefacts.de. 15 December 2020. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  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.
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