Expedition 68

Expedition 68
	Promotional poster
Mission type	Long-duration expedition
Operator	NASA / Roscosmos
Mission duration	180 days, 2 hours and 23 minutes
Expedition
Space station	International Space Station
Began	29 September 2022
Ended	28 March 2023
Arrived aboard	SpaceX Crew-4; Soyuz MS-22; SpaceX Crew-5; SpaceX Crew-6
Departed aboard	SpaceX Crew-4; SpaceX Crew-5
Crew
Crew size	7-11
Members	Expedition 67/68:; Kjell N. Lindgren; Bob Hines; Samantha Cristoforetti; Jessica Watkins; Expedition 67/68/69:; Sergey Prokopyev; Dmitry Petelin; Francisco Rubio; Expedition 68:; Nicole Mann; Josh Cassada; Koichi Wakata; Anna Kikina; Expedition 68/69:; Stephen Bowen; Warren Hoburg; Sultan Al Neyadi; Andrey Fedyaev;
EVAs	6
EVA duration	41 hours and 51 minutes
	; Expedition 68 mission patch; ; Expedition 68 crew portrait (C portion) ISS expeditions ← Expedition 67 Expedition 69 →

Expedition 68 was the 68th long-duration expedition to the International Space Station. The expedition began upon the departure of Soyuz MS-21 on 29 September 2022^[2] with ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti taking over as ISS commander^[3] and ended upon the uncrewed departure of the Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft on 28 March 2023.

^ "NASA Astronaut, Two Cosmonauts Reach ISS, Expedition 68 to Begin Next Week". 21 September 2022.
^ "Expedition 68 Crew Launches to Space Station". 21 September 2022.
^ "ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti becomes first European female ISS commander".

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[1] "NASA Astronaut, Two Cosmonauts Reach ISS, Expedition 68 to Begin Next Week". 21 September 2022.

[3] "Expedition 68 Crew Launches to Space Station". 21 September 2022.

[4] "ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti becomes first European female ISS commander".

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