Astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti Takes Command | International Space Station
Sept. 28, 2022: European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti of Italy is the new Commander of the International Space Station. “Cristoforetti will lead the new Expedition 68 crew until she and three of her SpaceX Crew Dragon Freedom crewmates depart the space station in October.”
Three cosmonauts are set to board their Soyuz MS-21 crew ship and undock from the Prichal module at 3:34 a.m. EDT Thursday, Sept. 29. Soyuz Commander Oleg Artemyev, flanked by Flight Engineers Denis Matveev and Sergey Korsakov, will then soar through Earth’s atmosphere and parachute inside the Soyuz vehicle to a landing in Kazakhstan at 6:57 a.m. (4:57 p.m. Kazakh time) ending a six-month mission that began on March 18. Live undocking coverage begins at 3:15 a.m. on NASA TV, the agency’s app and its website.
Expedition 67/68 Crew
Commander: Samantha Cristoforetti of the European Space Agency (Italy)
Roscosmos Flight Engineers: Oleg Artemyev, Denis Matveev, Sergey Korsakov, Dmitri Petelin, Sergey Prokopyev (Russia)
NASA Flight Engineers: Kjell Lindgren, Bob Hines, Jessica Watkins, Frank Rubio (USA)
An international partnership of space agencies provides and operates the elements of the International Space Station (ISS). The principals are the space agencies of the United States, Russia, Europe, Japan, and Canada. The ISS has been the most politically complex space exploration program ever undertaken.
Credit: NASA/JSC
Acknowledgement: SciNews
Duration: 2 minutes, 13 seconds
Release Date: September 28, 2022
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