Life On ISS: One Station, Two Crews | Aviation Week Network
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Irene Klotz
October 03, 2025
The current ISS crew, Expedition 79, gathered for a joint photo Aug. 15, 2025. Front row from left are NASA’s Zena Cardman, Japan’s Kimiya Yui and NASA’s Jonny Kim; rear from left are Russian cosmonaut Oleg Platonov, NASA’s Mike Fincke and Russians Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritsky.
Credit: NASA
SYDNEY—The U.S. and its international partners aboard the International Space Station (ISS) still have about five more years of joint operations with the Russians. But for all intents and purposes, the current crews operate as if they live and work aboard two distinct stations, a former ISS…
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