The seven men and women aboard the ISS published at 16:35 BST 5 June

Pallab Ghosh

Science correspondent

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Image caption, Crew-12 mission astronauts Jack Hathaway, Andrey Fedyaev, Jessica Meir and Sophie Adenot preparing to launch to the ISS from Florida

The seven crew members currently aboard the International Space Station represent five countries and a remarkable range of backgrounds.

Jessica Meir , 48, commands the Crew-12 mission. Born in Caribou, Maine, to Israeli and Swedish immigrant parents, she holds a doctorate in marine biology and once studied how emperor penguins hold their breath in Antarctica. She made history in 2019 as part of the first all-female spacewalk. She is a mother and a private pilot, and is conversational in both Swedish and Russian.

Jack Hathaway , 44, is Crew-12's pilot and a US Navy Commander from South Windsor, Connecticut.…