On March 15, 2019 at 01:02 UTC the Russian "Soyuz MS-12” spacecraft docked with the Russian “Rassvet” (MIM-1) module of the International Space Station.

The spacecraft delivered 3 members of Expedition 59 to the ISS, Russian cosmonaut Aleksey Ovchinin, American astronauts Tyler «Nick» Hague and Christina Koch. The new comers joined current ISS Expedition 58 members – Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko, Canadian astronaut David Saint-Jacques and American astronaut Anne McClain. The docking of “Soyuz MS-12” marked the start of Expedition 59 consisting of 6 members: Kononenko, Saint-Jacques, McClain, Ovchinin, Hague and Koch. The mission of Ovchinin, Hague and Koch is to last till October 3, 2019.