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Irene Klotz
October 03, 2025

The current ISS crew, Expedition 79, gathered for a joint photo Aug. 15. 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.

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…

Irene Klotz

Irene Klotz is Senior Space Editor for Aviation Week, based in Cape Canaveral. Before joining Aviation Week in 2017, Irene spent 25 years as a wire service reporter covering human and robotic spaceflight, commercial space, astronomy, science and technology for Reuters and United Press International.

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