New Expedition 70 & Crew-8 Photos | International Space Station

New Expedition 70 & Crew-8 Photos | International Space Station

The four SpaceX Crew-8 members (front row) join the Expedition 70 crew (back row) for welcome remarks shortly after docking and entering the International Space Station on Tuesday, March 5, 2024. In the front row (from left), are SpaceX Crew-8 members Jeanette Epps from NASA, Alexander Grebenkin from Roscosmos (Russia), and NASA astronauts Mike Barratt and Matthew Dominick. In the back row (from left), are Expedition 70 crewmates Satoshi Furukawa from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Loral O’Hara from NASA, Nikolai Chub from Roscosmos (Russia), Jasmin Moghbeli from NASA, Andreas Mogensen from the European Space Agency (ESA), and Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko and Konstantin Borisov of Russia.

The four SpaceX Crew-8 members are pictured inside the SpaceX Dragon "Endeavour" spacecraft shortly after the hatch opened on the forward port of the International Space Station's Harmony module. From left are, Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin of Russia and NASA astronauts Mike Barratt, Jeanette Epps, and Matthew Dominick.

The SpaceX Dragon Endeavour spacecraft, with the Crew-8 quartet aboard, is pictured approaching the International Space Station as it orbited 268 miles above the Indian Ocean.

The Crew-7 quartet (from left), cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov of Russia,  European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Andreas Mogensen, NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli, and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Satoshi Furukawa pose for a photo in their Dragon flight suits ahead of their departure from the International Space Station.

Four Expedition 70 crew members pose for a portrait inside the vestibule in between the SpaceX Dragon "Endurance" spacecraft and the International Space Station's Harmony module. The quartet also represent the SpaceX Crew-7 mission having lived and worked aboard the orbital outpost since Aug. 27, 2023. From left are, Roscosmos cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov of Russia, European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Andreas Mogensen, NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli, and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Satoshi Furukawa.

Expedition 70 Flight Engineers (from left) Loral O'Hara and Jasmin Moghbeli, both NASA astronauts who also reside in Texas, give a thumbs up after voting from the International Space Station.

Expedition 70 Flight Engineer and NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli is photographed inside the NanoRacks Bishop airlock. 

Expedition 70 Flight Engineer and NASA astronaut Loral O'Hara is photographed inside the NanoRacks Bishop airlock.

A pair of commercial crews is preparing to switch places onboard the International Space Station next week. Flight Engineers Matthew Dominick, Mike Barratt, Jeanette Epps, along with Alexander Grebenkin of Russia of Crew-8, are in the first week of a six-month space research mission. Meanwhile, crewmates Jasmin Moghbeli of NASA, cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov of Russia, Andreas Mogensen of the European Space Agency (ESA) and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Satoshi Furukawa are preparing for their return to Earth next week. Cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub of Russia will be staying in space a few more months.

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Expedition 70 Crew

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

Roscosmos (Russia): Oleg Kononenko, Nikolai Chub, Konstantin Borisov

JAXA: Flight Engineer Satoshi Furukawa (Japan)

NASA: 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: Feb. 26-March 6, 2024

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