Expedition 60

Occurred 4 years ago

The Expedition 60 crew tested a 3D bioprinter and explored the potential of using microbes to mine space materials and provide life support. The crew also performed space physics research that may lead to greater fuel efficiency and a cleaner environment, as well as better flood control and pharmaceutical production on Earth.

Mission Type

ISS Expedition

meet the crew

Christina Koch, Alexey Ovchinin, Nick Hague, Andrew Morgan, Alexander Skvortsov, Luca Parmitano

Launch

March 14, 2019

Landing

Oct. 3, 2019

Official Expedition 60 Crew Portrait — The official Expedition 60 crew portrait with (clockwise from top right) astronauts Nick Hague of NASA and Luca Parmitano of ESA (European Space Agency), Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Skvortsov, NASA astronauts Drew Morgan and Christina Koch and Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin.
NASA

The official insignia of the Expedition 60 mission aboard the International Space Station.
NASA

Crew Members

Alexey Ovchinin, Commander
Christina Koch, Flight Engineer
Nick Hague, Flight Engineer
Andrew Morgan, Flight Engineer
Alexander Skvortsov, Flight Engineer
Luca Parmitano , Flight Engineer

Crew and Cargo Missions

10/3/19 – Exp 59/60 Land
9/28/19 – HTV-8 Kounotori Capture
9/24/19 – HTV-8 Kounotori Launch
9/6/19 – Soyuz MS-14 Land
8/27/19 – SpaceX CRS-18 Release
8/26/19 – Soyuz MS-14 Dock
8/25/19 – Soyuz MS-13 Relocation
8/21/19 – Soyuz MS-14 Launch
8/6/19 – Cygnus CRS-11 Release
7/31/19 – ISS Progress 73 Launch/Dock
7/29/19 – ISS Progress 72 Undock
7/27/19 – SpaceX CRS-18 Capture
7/25/19 – SpaceX CRS-18 Launch
7/20/19 – Exp 60/61 Launch/Dock

Spacewalks

Date: Aug. 21, 2019
Duration: 6 hours, 32 minutes
Spacewalkers: Nick Hague, Andrew Morgan

Expedition 60 Resources

Mission Blogs

The daily blog updates for Expedition 60 highlighting crew and cargo missions, spacewalks, and advanced space research.

The sun's first rays burst over the Earth's horizon

Mission Summary

Get an overview of the Expedition, its crew and the activities they are working on during this mission to the International Space Station.

The Solid Fuel Ignition and Extinction (SoFIE) Growth and Extinction Limits (GEL) experiment aboard the International Space Station (ISS) studies flame growth and extinction in an effort to improve fire safety in space. This image shows a sequence of snapshots taken about 3 seconds apart. During this test point, the ambient oxygen concentration starts relatively high (28%). Initially, the flame is seen as yellow and sooty. As the ambient pressure is reduced, the flame becomes bluer and continues to shrink until fully extinguished. This gives researchers pressure limit data points for flame extinction that could help improve crew and spacecraft safety for future exploration missions.

Mission Science

Explore hands-on activities, interactive, lesson plans, educator guides, and other downloadable content about this topic.

One of the Expedition 41 crew members aboard the International Space Station, flying at an altitude of 222 nautical miles above a point in the Atlantic Ocean several hundred miles off the coast of Africa near the Tropic of Cancer, photographed this eye-catching panorama of the night sky and the Milky Way on Sept. 27. NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman, flight engineer, tweeted the image, which was taken with an electronic still camera, set with a 24mm focal length. In his accompanying comments, Wiseman stated, "Sahara sands make the Earth glow orange."

Mission Imagery

During Expedition 60, the crew took images of the Earth views, the orbiting station, their daily lives aboard and the experiments they conducted during their stay, plus so much more. Check out some of the image highlights from Expedition 60 in the gallery.