SpaceX Crew-14 crew assigned to long-duration science expedition

SpaceX Crew-14 has been designated a long-duration science expedition. The NASA-SpaceX flight is the 14th commercial crew rotation and will join Expedition 75/76.

The Crew-14 crew is Kayla Barron, Chris Birch, Makoto Suwa and Arutyun Kiviryan.

Barron is the spacecraft commander, Birch is the pilot, and Suwa and Kiviryan are mission specialists.

The mission is a partnership between NASA and SpaceX, is the 14th commercial crew rotation, and will join Expedition 75/76.

The payload includes scientific investigations and technology demonstrations.

Barron is a NASA astronaut and a commander in the U.S. Navy, and Barron has a second flight to the space station.

Birch is a NASA astronaut, and this is Birch's first spaceflight. Birch was crew lead for Expedition 72.

Suwa is a JAXA astronaut candidate on a first spaceflight assignment and is certified as an astronaut.

Kiviryan is a test cosmonaut making a first trip to the space station and was selected for the cosmonaut corps at the Gagarin Research and Test Cosmonaut Training Center.

For readers tracking the lunar industry, the mission shows NASA and SpaceX continuing commercial crew rotations with scientific investigations and technology demonstrations.

The International Space Station has maintained continuous human presence for more than 25 years, providing a sustained human spaceflight environment.

SpaceX Crew-14 will join Expedition 75/76.