“Cassidy, Babkin and Tikhomirov will arrive on the ISS after NASA engineers Jessica Meir and Drew Morgan from the 62nd expedition complete the 62nd expedition. When Meir, Morgan and Skrypochka leave the ISS, Cassidy will become the commander of the 63rd expedition, ”the NASA website said in a statement.
It is specified that the astronauts will stay on the International Space Station until October 2020.
Earlier, NASA chief James Brydenstein called for expanding joint work with Russia in space.