News Archive / Tagged: Expedition 69

• A record ride: Soyuz MS-23 trio return to Earth after a year in orbit

  Derek RichardsonSeptember 27th, 2023

  Two Russian cosmonauts and a NASA astronaut returned to Earth after a 371-day stay in space -- the third longest mission in human spaceflight history.

• Soyuz MS-24 launches fresh trio to International Space Station

  Derek RichardsonSeptember 15th, 2023

  Russia has launched its first crewed flight in nearly a year with the flight of Soyuz MS-24 with two Russian cosmonauts and one NASA astronaut for a multi-month stay aboard the International Space Station.

• NASA’s Frank Rubio breaks US spaceflight duration record

  Derek RichardsonSeptember 11th, 2023

  During the afternoon of Sept. 11, 2023, NASA astronaut Frank Rubio broke the record for the longest single spaceflight by an American citizen.

• SpaceX Crew-6 mission returns to Earth after 186 days in orbit

  Derek RichardsonSeptember 4th, 2023

  Three astronauts and one cosmonaut returned to Earth in a SpaceX Dragon capsule after spending roughly six months aboard the International Space Station.

• Spacewalkers finish installation of 3rd set of new solar arrays

  Derek RichardsonJune 15th, 2023

  During a pair of spacewalks over the last week, two astronauts completed installing a set of new solar arrays outside the International Space Station.

• CRS-28 Dragon launches toward International Space Station

  Derek RichardsonJune 5th, 2023

  SpaceX’s autonomous CRS-28 cargo Dragon spacecraft is on its way to the International Space Station for a delivery of crew supplies and a pair of new solar arrays.

• Axiom-2 crew back on Earth after capsule splashes down in Gulf

  Derek RichardsonMay 31st, 2023

  After nearly 10 days in space, the all-private Axiom-2 astronauts are back on Earth, having splashed down in their Dragon capsule in the water off the coast of Florida.

• 17 humans are in orbit after Shenzhou 16 launch

  Derek RichardsonMay 30th, 2023

  With the launch of the three-person Shenzhou 16 spacecraft to China’s Tiangong space station, there are now 17 people living in low Earth orbit -- a new spaceflight record.

• Progress MS-23 freighter docks with International Space Station

  Derek RichardsonMay 24th, 2023

  Russia’s Progress MS-23 resupply spacecraft has docked with the International Space Station to deliver supplies and experiments for the Expedition 69 crew.

• Axiom-2 crew reaches International Space Station

  Derek RichardsonMay 22nd, 2023

  The four-person private Axiom-2 mission has docked with the International Space Station to begin an eight-day science mission aboard the outpost.

• Crippled uncrewed Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft returns to Earth

  Derek RichardsonMarch 28th, 2023

  Russia's Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft, which was struck by a micrometeoroid late last year, autonomously landed in Kazakhstan after a 187-day stay at the International Space Station.