A Tribute to The Expedition 68 Crew | International Space Station

A Tribute to The Expedition 68 Crew | International Space Station

Four Expedition 68 crewmates join each other for a meal inside the International Space Station's Harmony module. From left are, Commander Sergey Prokopyev and Flight Engineer Anna Kikina, both from Roscosmos (Russia), NASA Flight Engineer Frank Rubio, and Roscosmos Flight Engineer Dmitri Petelin (Russia).

(At far left and right) Astronauts Koichi Wakata of JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) and Nicole Mann of NASA are suited up in their Extravehicular Mobility Units (EMUs), or spacesuits, following a spacewalk on Feb. 2, 2023, to install hardware on the International Space Station's Port-6 truss structure. Assisting the duo out of their EMUs are NASA Flight Engineers (center left and right) Josh Cassada and Frank Rubio.

Expedition 68 crew members (from left) Flight Engineer Dmitri Petelin, Commander Sergey Prokopyev, and Flight Engineer Anna Kikina, all cosmonauts representing Roscosmos (Russia), pose for a portrait inside the International Space Station's Zvezda service module.

Expedition 68 Flight Engineers (from left) Dmitri Petelin of Roscosmos (Russia) and Frank Rubio of NASA work on Orlan spacesuit maintenance inside the International Space Station's Poisk module.

ISS Progress 82 cargo craft (Russia) departs the International Space Station

The seven-member Expedition 68 crew poses for an official portrait. From left are, NASA astronaut Frank Rubio; Roscosmos cosmonaut Dmitri Petelin (Russia); Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata; NASA astronauts Josh Cassada and Nicole Mann; and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Anna Kikina (Russia).

Official insignia of the Expedition 68 Mission

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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.

Learn more about the important research being operated on Station:

https://www.nasa.gov/iss-science 

For more information about STEM on Station:

https://www.nasa.gov/stemonstation

Science, Technology, Engineering, Math (STEM)

Credit: NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC)/Roscosmos

Image Dates: Sept. 2022-Feb. 2022

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