Expedition 60

Expedition 60 was the 60th Expedition to the International Space Station, which began on 24 June 2019 with the undocking of the Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft.^[2] The expedition was commanded by Aleksey Ovchinin, who transferred from Expedition 59 together with American flight engineers Nick Hague and Christina Koch.^[4] They were joined by Aleksandr Skvortsov, Luca Parmitano and Andrew Morgan, who arrived on Soyuz MS-13 on 20 July 2019. The expedition ended on 3 October 2019, when Soyuz MS-12 (carrying Ovchinin, Hague, and spaceflight participant Hazza Al Mansouri) undocked from the station and Koch, Skvortsov, Parmitano and Morgan transferred to Expedition 61.^[5][3]

Mission typeLong-duration expedition

Mission duration100 days, 8 hours, 11 minutes

Orbits completed3,248^[1]

Space stationInternational Space Station

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Expedition 60

Mission type	Long-duration expedition
Mission duration	100 days, 8 hours, 11 minutes
Orbits completed	3,248[1]
Expedition
Space station	International Space Station
Began	24 June 2019, 23:25:33 UTC[2][1]
Ended	3 October 2019, 07:37:32 UTC[3][1]
Arrived aboard	Soyuz MS-12 Soyuz MS-13
Departed aboard	Soyuz MS-12 Soyuz MS-13 Soyuz MS-15
Crew
Crew size	6
Members	Expedition 59/60 Aleksey Ovchinin Nick Hague Expedition 59/60/61: Christina Koch Expedition 60/61: Aleksandr Skvortsov Luca Parmitano Expedition 60/61/62: Andrew R. Morgan
EVAs	1
EVA duration	6 hours, 32 minutes
Promotional Poster Clockwise from top left: Ovchinin, Hague, Parmitano, Skvortsov, Morgan and Koch ISS expeditions ← Expedition 59 Expedition 61 →

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During this expedition's final days, the station residents totaled 9 individuals temporarily upon the arrival of Soyuz MS-15, where for the first time since the departure of Soyuz TMA-16M in September 2015, the ISS crew exceeded the standard six.^[6]