Fresh Crew Arrives on International Space Station
/Astronaut Chris Cassidy, KF5KDR, and two Russian cosmonauts arrived on 9th April 2020 as the Expedition 63 crew on the International Space Station, temporarily restoring the orbiting laboratory’s population to six people. A Soyuz spacecraft transported Cassidy, Anatoly Ivanishin, and Ivan Vagner on a four-orbit, 6-hour flight after launching from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
The Expedition 63 crew will live aboard the station for a bit longer than 6 months, with Cassidy as commander.
The Expedition 62 crew of Jessica Meir, Drew Morgan, KI5AAA, and Oleg Skripochka, RA0LDJ, will head back to Earth on 17th April 2020.
