Expedition 68: New Crew & Spacecraft Images | International Space Station

Expedition 68: New Crew & Spacecraft Images | International Space Station

NASA astronaut Nicole Mann poses with a spacesuit

Astronaut Koichi Wakata (Japan) poses with a spacesuit

SpaceX Dragon cargo craft is docked to the International Space Station

Cygnus space freighter's cymbal-shaped UltraFlex solar array

Jan. 4, 2022 Crew Update: NASA Flight Engineer Nicole Mann partnered with NASA Flight Engineer Frank Rubio during the afternoon continuing to load the SpaceX Dragon resupply ship with cargo ahead of its return to Earth next week. The duo, along with NASA Flight Engineer Josh Cassada and Flight Engineer Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), will accelerate its cargo activities going into the weekend finally loading sensitive research samples for analysis on Earth into Dragon before it undocks on Monday, Jan. 10, 2022, at 5:05 p.m. EST.

Expedition 68 Crew

Station Commander: Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos (Russia)

Roscosmos (Russia): Flight Engineers Anna Kikina & Dmitri Petelin

NASA: Flight Engineers Nicole Mann, Frank Rubio & Josh Cassada

JAXA (Japan): Flight Engineer Koichi Wakata

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.

Credit: NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC)

Image Dates: Dec. 10-29, 2022

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