Soyuz MS-15 landing crew (L-R): Oleg Skripochka, Jessica Meir, Andrew Morgan
Soyuz MS-15, with members of Expedition 62, landed safely in Kazakhstan this morning. Its crew consisted of Commander Oleg Skripochka and Jessica Meir who launched in September 2019. They spent about 205 days in space. Hazz Al Mansouri was aboard for the launch but returned on Soyuz MS-12 October 3.
Andrew Morgan went into space aboard Soyuz MS-13 in July 2019. He spent about 277 days in space.
Expedition 61 crew (L-R): Andrew Morgan, Aleksandr Skvortsov, Luca Parmitano, Oleg Skripochka, Jessica Meir and Christina Koch
Mission patch
The members of Expedition 61 - Commander Luca Parmitano, Christina Koch and Aleksandr Skvortsov - returned to Earth from the International Space Station this morning aboard I. Koch went into space way back in March 2019 aboard Soyuz MS-12. She has set the world record for longest stay in space by a woman at 328 days. She has the second-longest single spaceflight by a U.S. astronaut and 7th on the list of cumulative time in space for American astronauts.
Skvortsov and Parmitano arrived at the ISS in July 2019 with Andrew Morgan aboard Soyuz MS-13 and have completed a 201-day stay in space. With this mission, Parmitano has logged 367 days in space, longer than any other ESA astronaut.
Skvortsov has completed his third mission and has logged 546 days in space, putting him 15th on the list of all-time spaceflight endurance tests.
Koch performed 6 EVAs during her stay and Parmitano conducted 4.
Oleg Skripochka, Jessica Meir and Andrew Morgan remain onboard the ISS and have transferred over to Expedition 62.
Andrew "Drew" Morgan, born February 5, 1976 in Morgantown, West Virginia, is currently residing aboard the International Space Station. He went into space on Soyuz MS-13 as flight engineer in July 2019. He was part of Expeditions 60 and 61, and now Expedition 62. He will return on Soyuz MS-15, probably later this year.
