Expedition 74 Crew Portrait | International Space Station

Expedition 74 Crew Portrait | International Space Station

The official portrait of the Expedition 74 crew on the International Space Station. Top row from left, Commander Mike Fincke and Flight Engineer Zena Cardman, both NASA astronauts, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) Flight Engineer Kimiya Yui, and Roscosmos Flight Engineer Oleg Platonov (Russia). Bottom row, Roscosmos Flight Engineer Sergey Kud-Sverchkov  (Russia), NASA astronaut Chris Williams, and Roscosmos Flight Engineer Sergei Mikaev (Russia).

Expedition 73 symbolically changed commanders this weekend before three crew members return to Earth on Monday, Dec. 8, 2025. Expedition 74 officially begins once the home bound trio undocks from the Rassvet module inside the Soyuz MS-27 spacecraft the following day. Veteran Roscosmos cosmonaut and station Commander Sergey Ryzhikov of Russia handed over a symbolic key representing command of the orbital outpost to four-time space flyer NASA astronaut Mike Fincke at 10:30 a.m. EDT on Sunday, Dec. 7. Fincke will formally take responsibility of station operations  and lead the new Expedition 74 crew at the moment Ryzhikov and Flight Engineers Alexey Zubritsky of Roscosmos (Russia) and Jonny Kim of NASA back away from the orbital outpost inside their Soyuz crew spacecraft at 8:41 p.m. on Monday.

The trio aboard the Soyuz descent module will parachute to a landing in Kazakhstan less than three-and-a-half hours later at 12:04 a.m. on Tuesday completing an eight-month space research journey orbiting over 250 miles above Earth.

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Expedition 73 Crew

Station Commander: Sergey Ryzhikov (Roscosmos)

JAXA Flight Engineer (Japan): Kimiya Yui

Roscosmos (Russia) Flight Engineers: Alexey Zubritskiy, Oleg Platonov, Sergey-Kud Sverchkov, Sergei Mikaev

NASA Flight Engineers: Jonny Kim, Zena Cardman, Mike Fincke, Chris Williams

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.

Image Credit: NASA's Johnson Space Center 
Release Date: Dec. 6, 2025

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