Expedition 71

Expedition 71 is the 71st long-duration expedition to the International Space Station. The expedition began with the departure of Soyuz MS-24 on 6 April 2024 with Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko continuing his ISS command from Expedition 70. It will end with his departure on Soyuz MS-25 with crewmates from MS-24 and MS-25 on 24 September 2024.

Background, crew and events
Initially, the expedition consisted of Kononenko, his Russian Soyuz MS-24 crewmate Nikolai Chub (both on a year long ISS mission since 15 September 2023), and his American Soyuz MS-25 crewmate, Tracy Caldwell-Dyson, who launched on 23 March 2024, as well as SpaceX Crew-8 crewmates, American astronauts Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt, and Jeanette Epps, and Russian cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin, who launched on 4 March 2024 and were transferred from Expedition 70 after Soyuz MS-24 departure.

The crew will later be replenished by subsequent crew rotation missions in the expedition, i.e., Boeing Crew Flight Test. Boeing Crew Flight Test (consisting of NASA astronauts Barry Wilmore and Sunita Williams) docked during the expedition on 6 June 2024.

Events manifest
Previous mission: Expedition 70

6 April 2024 – Soyuz MS-24 Undocking (includes Visiting Expedition 21), official switch from Expedition 70

25 April 2024 – EVA-1 (VKD-62) Kononenko/Chub: 4 hrs, 36 mins

28 April 2024 – CRS SpX-30 Undocking

2 May 2024 – SpaceX Crew-8 Redocking

28 May 2024 – Progress MS-25/86P Undocking

1 June 2024 – Progress MS-27/88P Docking

6 June 2024 – Boeing Crew Flight Test Docking

24 June 2024 – EVA-2 (US-90) Dyson/Barratt: 0 hrs, 31 mins

12 July 2024 – CRS Cygnus NG-20 Unberthing & Release

Planned Events:

July 2024 – Boeing Crew Flight Test Undocking

July 2024 – EVA-3 (US-91)

July 2024 – EVA-4 (VKD-63)

July 2024 – EVA-5 (VKD-64)

July 2024 – EVA-6 (US-92)

13 August 2024 – Progress MS-26/87P Undocking

17 August 2024 – Progress MS-28/89P Docking

August 2024 – SpaceX Crew-9 Docking

August 2024 – CRS Cygnus NG-21 Capture & Berthing

26 August 2024 – SpaceX Crew-8 Undocking

11 September 2024 – Soyuz MS-26 Docking

24 September 2024 – Soyuz MS-25 Undocking, official switch to Expedition 72

Next: Expedition 72

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Vehicle manifest
The Prichal aft, forward, starboard, and aft ports all have yet to be used since the module originally docked to the station and are not included in the table.