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Hatches Open, Station Crew Expands to 10

The newly-expanded Expedition 73 crew. In the front row (from left) are the newest crew members Chris Williams from NASA and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev. In the back are, NASA astronaut Mike Fincke, Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Ryzhikov, NASA astronauts Jonny Kim and Zena Cardman, Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexey Zubritsky, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Kimiya Yui, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov.
The newly-expanded Expedition 73 crew. In the front row (from left) are the newest crew members Chris Williams from NASA and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev. In the back are, NASA astronaut Mike Fincke, Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Ryzhikov, NASA astronauts Jonny Kim and Zena Cardman, Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexey Zubritsky, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Kimiya Yui, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov.
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Expedition 73 wrapped up the work week At 10:16 a.m. EST, the hatch opened between the International Space Station and the Soyuz MS-28 spacecraft. 

The spacecraft arrived at the orbiting laboratory’s Rassvet module at 7:34 a.m., after launching at 4:27 a.m. (2:27 p.m. Baikonur time) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan with NASA astronaut Chris Williams and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev aboard. The trio will spend approximately eight months aboard the space station before returning to Earth in summer 2026.

Learn more about station activities by following the space station blog, @space_station on X, as well as the ISS Facebook and ISS Instagram accounts.

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