Expedition 59
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| Mission type | Long-duration expedition |
|---|---|
| Mission duration | 101 days, 22 hours, 24 minutes |
| Expedition | |
| Space station | International Space Station |
| Began | 15 March 2019, 01:01 UTC |
| Ended | 24 June 2019, 23:25 UTC |
| Arrived aboard | Soyuz MS-11 Soyuz MS-12 |
| Departed aboard | Soyuz MS-11 |
| Crew | |
| Crew size | 6 |
| Members |
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| EVAs | 4 |
| EVA duration | 25 hours, 55 minutes |
Expedition 59 mission patch From left: Saint-Jacques, McClain, Kononenko, Ovchinin, Hague and Koch | |
Expedition 59 was the 59th Expedition to the International Space Station. It started with the arrival of the Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft carrying Aleksey Ovchinin, Nick Hague and Christina Koch, joining Oleg Kononenko, David Saint-Jacques and Anne McClain who transferred from Expedition 58. The expedition formally began on March 15, 2019 (March 14 in the Americas). Ovchinin and Hague were originally meant to fly to the ISS aboard Soyuz MS-10, but returned to Earth minutes after takeoff due to a contingency abort. The expedition formally ended with the undocking of the Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft carrying Kononenko, Saint-Jacques and McClain on 24 June 2019; Ovchinin, Hague and Koch transferred to Expedition 60.