NASA has named the four-person crew assigned to SpaceX Crew-14, a long-duration International Space Station mission targeted for no earlier than spring 2027.
NASA astronaut Kayla Barron will command the mission, with NASA astronaut Chris Birch as pilot. JAXA astronaut Makoto Suwa and Roscosmos cosmonaut Arutyun Kiviryan will fly as mission specialists. After docking, the crew is expected to join the station's Expedition 75 and 76 teams.
Crew-14 mixes one veteran with three first-time flyers
Barron is the only member of the quartet who has already flown in space. She launched on Crew-3 in 2021 and spent 177 days in orbit across Expeditions 66 and 67. NASA says she completed two spacewalks and served as lead robotics operator for another.
Birch was selected as a NASA astronaut in 2021. His background includes biological engineering, teaching and elite track cycling, and NASA says he has worked as a capsule communicator and supported Artemis II and station operations. Crew-14 will be his first spaceflight.
Suwa will also be making his first trip to space. JAXA selected him as an astronaut candidate in 2023 after a career that included work with the World Bank Group, the World Meteorological Organization and service in Rwanda. NASA says he completed basic astronaut training in 2024.
Kiviryan, selected for the Russian cosmonaut corps in 2021, is another first-time flyer. His engineering background includes rocket science and computer-controlled manufacturing systems.
Spring 2027 is a target window, not a fixed launch date
NASA describes the mission as launching no earlier than spring 2027. That wording matters because Crew-14 is still well ahead of launch and the agency has not announced a single fixed day.
The mission will use a SpaceX Crew Dragon and will be the 14th commercial crew rotation flown with SpaceX under NASA's low-Earth-orbit program. Crew rotations keep the station staffed with overlapping expeditions rather than treating each launch as an isolated visit.
NASA says the four crew members will conduct scientific investigations and technology demonstrations during the long-duration stay. Those experiments support work ranging from human health to systems that may inform future missions beyond low Earth orbit.
The assignment keeps the station's international model intact
Crew-14 includes astronauts from NASA, JAXA and Roscosmos. That multinational mix reflects the International Space Station's operating structure, where crews from different agencies train for shared systems and live aboard the same laboratory.
NASA has now identified the people expected to fill those seats, but plenty can still change before liftoff. Training, spacecraft readiness, station traffic and the launch schedule all have to align.
For now, the confirmed milestone is the assignment itself: Barron, Birch, Suwa and Kiviryan are the Crew-14 quartet, with launch targeted no earlier than spring 2027 and station service planned across Expeditions 75 and 76.
The assignment also starts a long preparation cycle. Crew members will train together on Dragon systems, station procedures, emergency responses and the experiments they are expected to support. NASA can change assignments if medical, schedule or program needs require it, so the named crew is the current operational plan rather than an irreversible guarantee more than a year before launch.
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