This is a chronological list of expeditions to the
International Space Station
The International Space Station (ISS) is a large space station that was Assembly of the International Space Station, assembled and is maintained in low Earth orbit by a collaboration of five space agencies and their contractors: NASA (United ...
(ISS). An expedition to the ISS refers to the crew that is occupying the space station and using it for
research
Research is creative and systematic work undertaken to increase the stock of knowledge. It involves the collection, organization, and analysis of evidence to increase understanding of a topic, characterized by a particular attentiveness to ...
and testing. Expeditions can last up to six months and include between two and seven crew members.
Expeditions are numbered starting from one and sequentially increased with each expedition. Resupply mission crews and
space tourist
Space tourism is human space travel for recreational purposes. There are several different types of space tourism, including orbital, suborbital and lunar space tourism. Tourists are motivated by the possibility of viewing Earth from space, ...
s are excluded (see
List of human spaceflights to the ISS for details). ISS commanders are listed in ''italics''. "Duration" is the period of time between the crew's launch from
Earth
Earth is the third planet from the Sun and the only astronomical object known to Planetary habitability, harbor life. This is enabled by Earth being an ocean world, the only one in the Solar System sustaining liquid surface water. Almost all ...
and until their decoupling from the ISS.
Future international collaboration on ISS activities has been thrown into doubt by the
Russian invasion of Ukraine
On 24 February 2022, , starting the largest and deadliest war in Europe since World War II, in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, conflict between the two countries which began in 2014. The fighting has caused hundreds of thou ...
and related sanctions on Russia.
Completed expeditions
Current expedition
Future expeditions
Cancelled expedition
See also
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List of human spaceflights to the ISS
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List of International Space Station crew
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List of International Space Station visitors
This is a list of all of the visitors to the International Space Station (ISS), including long-term crew, short-term visitors, and space tourists, in alphabetical order. ISS crew names are in bold. The suffix ''(twice, three times, ...)'' refers ...
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List of Mir Expeditions
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List of ESA space expeditions
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List of Tiangong Space Station expeditions
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List of commanders of the ISS
Notes
References
Citations
Sources
; General references
NASA's space station crew pageNASA ISS Expedition Mission News releases
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