Expedition 72

Expedition 72
	Expedition 72 crew
Mission type	Long-duration expedition
Operator	NASA / Roscosmos
Mission duration	208 days, 13 hours and 20 minutes
Expedition
Space station	International Space Station
Began	23 September 2024
Ended	19 April 2025
Arrived aboard	SpaceX Crew-8; Boeing Crew Flight Test; Soyuz MS-26; SpaceX Crew-9; SpaceX Crew-10; Soyuz MS-27;
Departed aboard	SpaceX Crew-8; SpaceX Crew-9; Soyuz MS-26;
Crew
Crew size	7–11
Members	Expedition 70/71/72:; Matthew Dominick; Michael Barratt; Jeanette Epps; Alexander Grebenkin; Expedition 71/72:; Barry E. Wilmore; Sunita Williams; Aleksey Ovchinin; Ivan Vagner; Donald Pettit; Expedition 72:; Nick Hague; Aleksandr Gorbunov; Expedition 72/73:; Anne McClain; Nichole Ayers; Takuya Onishi; Kirill Peskov; Sergey Ryzhikov; Alexey Zubritsky; Jonny Kim;
EVAs	3
EVA duration	18 hours, 43 minutes
	; Expedition 72 mission patch; ; Left to right, top row: Ovchinin, Williams, Wilmore ; Middle row: Vagner, Pettit ; Bottom row: Gorbunov, Hague Expeditions

Expedition 72 was the 72nd long-duration expedition to the International Space Station (ISS). The expedition began with the departure of Soyuz MS-25 on 23 September 2024 with NASA astronaut Sunita Williams taking over the ISS command. It continued the extensive scientific research conducted aboard the ISS, focusing on biology, human physiology, physics, and materials science. The crew members also maintained and upgraded the space station systems.