Expedition 74 Crew Photos: March to April 2026 | International Space Station
Expedition 74 flight engineer and NASA astronaut Jessica Meir: "In addition to science, cargo vehicles also may deliver fresh fruit and vegetables to the International Space Station. This is always a welcome change from our dehydrated and preserved food and is a huge morale boost, bringing smiles all around. Thank you to all those involved in this shipment on the Northrop Grumman Cygnus NG-24!
Expedition 74 crew members inside the Northrop Grumman Cygnus NG-24 cargo spacecraft entrance. Photo courtesy of Expedition 74 flight engineer and Russian cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev
Expedition 74 flight engineers (from left) Chris Williams, Jack Hathaway, Sophie Adenot, and Jessica Meir are inside the International Space Station’s cupola, waiting to observe the plasma trail of the Orion spacecraft—with the Artemis II crew aboard—as it reenters Earth’s atmosphere.
Meir shared: "Eyes peeled in the cupola awaiting the safe return of our NASA Artemis friends. Our trajectory on the International Space Station will be passing nearby over the Pacific, so we hope to catch a glimpse!"
Expedition 74 flight engineer and NASA astronaut Jessica Meir configures research hardware inside a portable glovebag for a biotechnology investigation exploring how bacteria affect heart tissue in the microgravity environment. Results from the Multi-use Variable-g Platform (MVP) Cell-09 experiment could lead to advanced methods for preventing or treating heart damage in humans living on and off the Earth.
NASA astronauts (from left) Chris Williams and Jack Hathaway, both Expedition 74 flight engineers, pose for a portrait inside the cupola during a break in their procedures as Northrop Grumman's Cygnus XL cargo spacecraft approached the International Space Station. Williams operated the Canadarm2 robotic arm from inside the cupola to capture Cygnus XL, while Hathaway monitored the spacecraft during its approach and rendezvous. Cygnus XL delivered more than 11,000 pounds of new science experiments, lab hardware, and crew supplies for the Expedition 74 crew.
Expedition 74 flight engineers (from left) Chris Williams of NASA, Sophie Adenot of the European Space Agency (ESA), and Jessica Meir of NASA pose for a portrait aboard the International Space Station. Meir is wearing a portable breathing apparatus to test its readiness for unlikely emergency scenarios such as an oxygen leak, chemical leak, or fire aboard the orbital outpost.
NASA astronaut and Expedition 74 flight engineer Jessica Meir smiles for a portrait while preparing a helmet for installation on a spacesuit inside the International Space Station's Quest airlock.
Expedition 74 flight engineers (from left) Chris Williams of NASA, Sophie Adenot of the European Space Agency, and Jessica Meir of NASA pose for a portrait aboard the International Space Station. Meir is wearing a portable breathing apparatus to test its readiness for unlikely emergency scenarios such as an oxygen leak, chemical leak, or fire aboard the orbital outpost.
Expedition 74 Update: The unpiloted Roscosmos Progress 93 cargo spacecraft undocked from the International Space Station at 6:08 p.m. EDT Monday, April 20, 2026, backing away for a deorbit maneuver and a planned destructive re-entry into Earth’s atmosphere to dispose of trash loaded by the crew.
The Russian spacecraft launched in September 2025 on a Soyuz rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, carrying about three tons of food, fuel, and supplies for the space station’s crew. After a two-day journey, it arrived at the orbiting laboratory and automatically docked to the aft port of the station’s Zvezda service module.
Expedition 74 Crew
Station Commander: Sergey-Kud Sverchkov (Russia)
Roscosmos (Russia) Flight Engineers: Andrey Fedyaev, Sergei Mikaev
European Space Agency Flight Engineer: Sophie Adenot
NASA Flight Engineers: Jessica Meir, Jack Hathaway, 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 Credits: NASA/JSC, J. Meir, A. Fedyaev/Roscosmos, S. Adenot/ESA
Dates: March 9-April 21, 2026
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