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| Mission type | Long-duration expedition |
|---|---|
| Mission duration | 125d 22h 12m |
| Expedition | |
| Space station | International Space Station |
| Began | 3 October 2019, 07:37:32 UTC[1][2] |
| Ended | 6 February 2020, 05:50:28 UTC |
| Arrived aboard | Soyuz MS-12 Soyuz MS-13 Soyuz MS-15 |
| Departed aboard | Soyuz MS-13 |
| Crew | |
| Crew size | 6 |
| Members |
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| EVAs | 9[2] |
| EVA duration | 54h 27m[2] |
 Expedition 61 mission patch  From left: NASA astronaut Andrew Morgan, Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Skvortsov, astronaut Luca Parmitano of ESA (European Space Agency), Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Skripochka, and NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Christina Koch. | |
Expedition 61 was the 61st Expedition to theInternational Space Station, which began on 3 October 2019 with the undocking of theSoyuz MS-12 spacecraft.[1] The Expedition was commanded byESA astronautLuca Parmitano, who became the third European and first Italian astronaut to command the ISS.[3] Parmitano, along with hisSoyuz MS-13 colleaguesAleksandr Skvortsov[3] andAndrew Morgan,[3] andChristina Koch fromSoyuz MS-12,[4] transferred over from Expedition 60. They were joined byOleg Skripochka[4] andJessica Meir,[4] who launched on 25 September 2019 on boardSoyuz MS-15.[4]
| Position | Crew member |
|---|---|
| Commander |  Luca Parmitano,ESASecond spaceflight |
| Flight Engineer 1 |  Aleksandr Skvortsov,RSAThird and last spaceflight |
| Flight Engineer 2 |  Andrew Morgan,NASAFirst spaceflight |
| Flight Engineer 3 | Christina Koch,NASA First spaceflight |
| Flight Engineer 4 | Oleg Skripochka,RSA Third spaceflight |
| Flight Engineer 5 | Jessica Meir,NASA First spaceflight |
According to a Flight Planning Integration Panel (FPIP) document obtained byNASAspaceflight.com in June 2019, Expedition 61 was tentatively scheduled to see two visits fromCommercial Crew Development spacecraft.[5] However, schedule slippages meant these visits will not occur.
Expedition 61 crew conducted ninespacewalks, more than in any other increment in the history of the ISS.[6]
Four spacewalks were conducted to repair theAlpha Magnetic Spectrometer. The repairs were conducted byESA astronautLuca Parmitano andNASA astronautAndrew Morgan. Both of them were assisted by NASA astronautsChristina Koch andJessica Meir who operated theCanadarm2 robotic arm from inside the Station. The spacewalks were described as the "most challenging sinceHubble repairs".[7][6][8]
There were multiple spacewalks in order to repair and improve ISS batteries. On 18 October 2019 Christina Koch and Jessica Meir took the firstall female spacewalk in history.[9]
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