New Commander: Cosmonaut Sergey Prokopyev | International Space Station

New Commander: Cosmonaut Sergey Prokopyev | International Space Station

Aboard the International Space Station, Expedition 68 astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti of the  European Space Agency (ESA) handed over command of the station to Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Prokopyev (Russia) during a change of command ceremony on October 12, 2022. Farewell remarks by Cristoforetti and NASA astronauts Kjell Lindgren, Bob Hines and Jessica Watkins preceded the change of command. The off-going Crew-4 astronauts are headed home to complete a six-month mission on the orbital outpost.

NASA and SpaceX now are targeting no earlier than 10:05 a.m. EDT Thursday, Oct. 13, for the agency’s Crew-4 undocking from the International Space Station to begin the return trip to Earth completing a nearly six-month science mission in orbit. Splashdown is targeted several hours later at 5:43 p.m. Thursday off the coast of Florida.

Credit: NASA Video

Duration: 15 minutes

Release Date: October 12, 2022

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