Expedition 63

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Expedition 63 was a long-duration International Space Station mission in 2020 that oversaw the arrival of SpaceX’s first crewed Dragon flight and continued scientific research in low Earth orbit.

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instanceOf International Space Station expedition
space mission
commander Christopher Cassidy NERFINISHED
commanderAffiliation NASA NERFINISHED
commanderNationality United States NERFINISHED
countryInvolved Russia NERFINISHED
United States of America
surface form: United States
crewMember Anatoli Ivanishin NERFINISHED
Christopher Cassidy NERFINISHED
Douglas Hurley NERFINISHED
Ivan Vagner NERFINISHED
Robert Behnken NERFINISHED
crewSize 5
crewTransport Crew Dragon Demo-2 NERFINISHED
Soyuz MS-16 NERFINISHED
duration about 6 months
endDate 2020-10-21
followedBy Expedition 64 NERFINISHED
initialCrewSize 3
laterCrewSize 5
launchSite Baikonur Cosmodrome NERFINISHED
Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A
launchVehicleUsed Falcon 9 Block 5 NERFINISHED
Soyuz-2.1a NERFINISHED
missionType long-duration ISS expedition
missionYear 2020
notableEvent Crew Dragon Demo-2 docking with the ISS
final flight of the Japanese HTV cargo spacecraft series (HTV-9)
first crewed SpaceX Dragon flight to the ISS
orbit low Earth orbit
precededBy Expedition 62 NERFINISHED
primaryLanguageOnboard English
Russian
program International Space Station program NERFINISHED
researchFocus Earth and space observation
human physiology in space
microgravity science
technology demonstrations
spaceAgency NASA
Roscosmos NERFINISHED
spacecraftUsed Crew Dragon Endeavour NERFINISHED
HTV-9 NERFINISHED
Progress MS-14 NERFINISHED
Progress MS-15 NERFINISHED
Soyuz MS-16 NERFINISHED
spaceStation International Space Station NERFINISHED
startDate 2020-04-17

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