Roskosmos announced the approval of the ISS-65 crews

It is noted that the launch of the Soyuz MS-18 manned transport spacecraft with the crew of this expedition is planned to be carried out in April 2021 from the Baikonur cosmodrome.

Thus, the ISS-65 prime crew included: Oleg Novitsky - ISS-65 commander, Soyuz MS-18 spacecraft commander (Roscosmos);

Pyotr Dubrov - ISS-65 flight engineer, Soyuz MS-18 spacecraft flight engineer (Roscosmos);

Sergey Korsakov - ISS-65 flight engineer, flight engineer-2 of the Soyuz MS-18 spacecraft (Roscosmos).

The backup crew included: Anton Shkaplerov, ISS-65 flight engineer, Soyuz MS spacecraft commander (Roscosmos);

Andrey Babkin - ISS-65 flight engineer, Soyuz MS spacecraft flight engineer (Roscosmos);

Dmitry Petelin - ISS-65 flight engineer, flight engineer-2 of the Soyuz MS spacecraft (Roscosmos).

On October 14, the Soyuz MS-17 spacecraft with three crew members - Sergei Ryzhikov, Sergei Kud-Sverchkov, and NASA astronaut Kathleen Rubins - flew to the ISS for the first time using a two-turn scheme, setting a record for the speed of flight to the station.

The flight took a little over three hours.