NASA's Space to Ground: Crew-8 Arrival | Week of March 8, 2024

NASA's Space to Ground: Crew-8 Arrival | Week of March 8, 2024

NASA's Space to Ground is your weekly update on what's happening aboard the International Space Station.  A pair of commercial crews is preparing to switch places onboard the International Space Station next week. Flight Engineers Matthew Dominick, Mike Barratt, Jeanette Epps, along with Alexander Grebenkin of Russia of Crew-8, are in the first week of a six-month space research mission. Meanwhile, crewmates Jasmin Moghbeli of NASA, cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov of Russia, Andreas Mogensen of the European Space Agency (ESA) and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Satoshi Furukawa are preparing for their return to Earth next week. Cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub of Russia will be staying in space a few more months.

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Expedition 70 Crew

Station Commander: Andreas Mogensen of the European Space Agency (Denmark)

Roscosmos (Russia): Oleg Kononenko, Nikolai Chub, Konstantin Borisov

JAXA: Flight Engineer Satoshi Furukawa (Japan)

NASA: Jasmin Moghbeli, Loral O'Hara (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.

Video Credit: NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC)

Duration: 2 minutes, 14 seconds

Release Date: March 8, 2024 

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