Expedition 69-70: September 2023 Crew Photos | International Space Station

Expedition 69-70: September 2023 Crew Photos | International Space Station

NASA astronauts (from left) Jasmin Moghbeli and Loral O'Hara, both Expedition 70 Flight Engineers, partner together removing and replacing components inside the Cold Atom Lab aboard the International Space Station.

In the bottom row, is the homebound trio Expedition 69 trio with (from left) NASA astronaut Frank Rubio and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin of Russia. The threesome was pictured after reaching 365 days, or one year, in space aboard the International Space Station. They departed the station inside the Soyuz MS-23 crew ship on Sept. 27, 2023, after 371 days living in Earth orbit. 

From left are, Roscosmos cosmonauts Nikolai Chub and Konstantin Borisov of Russia; European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Andreas Mogensen (Denmark); Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko (Russia); NASA astronauts Jasmin Moghbeli and Loral O'Hara; and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Satoshi Furukawa

NASA astronaut and Expedition 70 Flight Engineer Jasmin Moghbeli is pictured removing and replacing components inside the Cold Atom Lab aboard the International Space Station.

European Space Agency and Expedition 69 Flight Engineer Andreas Mogensen uses a vacuum cleaner to clean fans, filters, and ventilation systems aboard the International Space Station.

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut and Expedition 69 Flight Engineer Satoshi Furukawa works on the Kibo laboratory module's water recovery system aboard the International Space Station.

NASA astronaut and Expedition 70 Flight Engineer Frank Rubio uses a glovebag and services the BioFabrication Facility, replacing and installing components inside the research device designed to print organ-like tissues in microgravity and learn how to manufacture whole, fully-functioning human organs in space.

The official Expedition 70 crew portrait with (top row from left) Roscosmos cosmonauts Nikolai Chub, Konstantin Borisov, and Oleg Kononenko of Russia; Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Satoshi Furukawa; and NASA astronaut Loral O'Hara. In the front row are, European Space Agency astronaut and Expedition 70 Commander Andreas Mogensen (Denmark) and NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli

The Soyuz MS-24 crew ship is pictured docked to the International Space Station's Rassvet module. The spacecraft launched three Expedition 69-70 crew members, NASA astronaut Loral O'Hara and Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub, to the orbiting lab on Sept. 15, 2023. At left, is a portion of the Northrop Grumman Cygnus space freighter and one of its cymbal-shaped UltraFlex solar arrays.

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Expedition 69 Crew (Sept. 26, 2023—)

Station Commander: Andreas Mogensen of the European Space Agency (Denmark)

Roscosmos (Russia): Flight Engineers Sergey Prokopyev, Dmitri Petelin, Konstantin Borisov

JAXA: Flight Engineer Satoshi Furukawa (Japan)

NASA: Flight Engineers Frank Rubio, Jasmin Moghbeli, Loral O'Hara (USA)

An international partnership of space agencies provides and operates the elements of the International Space Station (ISS). The principals are the space agencies of the United States, Russia, Europe, Japan, and Canada. The ISS has been the most politically complex space exploration program ever undertaken.

Image Credit: NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC)

Image Dates: Sept.9-26, 2023

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