NASA's Space to Ground: On the Station, On the Moon: Week of March 7, 2025
NASA's Space to Ground is your weekly update on what's happening aboard the International Space Station. The Expedition 72 crew will change commanders on Friday, March 7, 2025, as four crewmates prepare for their return to Earth. NASA astronaut and station Commander Suni Williams will hand over leadership of the orbital outpost to Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin of Russia. Williams will return to Earth aboard the SpaceX Dragon crew spacecraft with NASA astronauts Nick Hague and Butch Wilmore and cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov ending the SpaceX Crew-9 mission.
The homebound quartet will leave the space station a few days after the SpaceX Crew-10 mission launches next week. Ovchinin will stay aboard the station with Flight Engineers Don Pettit of NASA and Ivan Vagner of Roscosmos until mid-April.
Station Commander: Suni Williams
Roscosmos (Russia) Flight Engineers: Alexey Ovchinin, Ivan Vagner, Aleksandr Gorbunov
NASA Flight Engineers: Butch Wilmore, Don Pettit, Nick Hague
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.
Duration: 3 minutes, 36 seconds
Release Date: March 7, 2025
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