I tend to agree with you, Bob, that this all has the smell of a shorter mission; but then again, it might still be longer than the original planned two weeks. As is, after Expedition 62 departs the station on April 17, there will be only one American left on the station (Chris Cassidy). The next Soyuz, MS-17, won’t be until October. Given that Behnken and Hurley *have* been doing a lot of training, it wouldn’t shock me if they were kept on the station for 4-6 weeks to take care of high priority tasks.

But whatever the case is, let us hope that USCV-1 will be happening before the end of the summer. It certainly sounds like there’s grounds for hope that will happen now.