Expedition 62

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The Expedition 62 crew researched microgravity cell biology and examined how fires spread in space. The crew also tested an electron microscope's ability to rapidly identify particles and studied water droplets to improve faucet technology on Earth.

Mission Type

ISS Expedition

meet the crew

Andrew Morgan, Oleg Skripochka, Jessica Meir

Launch

Sep. 25, 2019

Landing

April 17, 2020

Official Expedition 62 Crew Portrait — Expedition 62 crew portrait with NASA astronaut Andrew Morgan, Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Skripochka and NASA astronaut Jessica Meir.
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The official insignia of the Expedition 62 mission aboard the International Space Station.
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Crew Members

Oleg Skripochka, Commander
Andrew Morgan, Flight Engineer
Jessica Meir, Flight Engineer

Crew and Cargo Missions

4/17/20 – Exp 62 Land
4/9/20 – Exp 63 Launch/Dock
4/7/20 – Dragon CRS-20 Splashdown
3/9/20 – Dragon CRS-20 Capture
3/6/20 – Dragon CRS-20 Launch
2/18/20 – Cygnus CRS-13 Capture
2/15/20 – Cygnus CRS-13 Launch

Expedition 62 Resources

Mission Blogs

The daily blog updates for Expedition 62 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 62, 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 62 in the gallery.