The Soyuz MS-21 crew ship is visualized docked to the International Space Stations Prichal docking module which is itself connected to the Nauka multipurpose laboratory module. NASA astronaut Frank Rubio (center) is greeted by fellow NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins and Bob Hines shortly after he showed up at the International Space Station. On Wednesday, September 28, Artemyev will hand over station management responsibilities to ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti. Cristoforetti will lead the brand-new Expedition 68 crew until she and 3 of her SpaceX Crew Dragon Freedom crewmates leave the space station in October to return to Earth.
On Wednesday, September 28, Artemyev will turn over station management responsibilities to ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti. She will become the first European female ISS commander. The traditional Change of Command event begins at 9:35 a.m. EDT live on NASA TELEVISION, the agencys app, and its site.
Cristoforetti will lead the new Expedition 68 team until she and 3 of her SpaceX Crew Dragon Freedom crewmates depart the spaceport station in October to return to Earth. She signed up with NASA astronauts Kjell Lindgren, Bob Hines, and Jessica Watkins today and evaluated their Dragon descent treatments with flight controllers in the world. The Crew-4 quartet has actually been onboard the station since their arrival inside Freedom on April 27.
The Soyuz MS-21 team ship is imagined docked to the International Space Stations Prichal docking module which is itself connected to the Nauka multipurpose laboratory module. The station was orbiting 259 miles above northwest Sudan at the time this photograph was taken on September 21, 2022. Credit: NASA
Onboard the International Space Station (ISS), the Expedition 67 team is in the midst of a team swap as three new flight engineers are adjusting to life in area and another crew prepares to return to Earth today. With 10 people currently living aboard the ISS, there were plenty of opportunities to keep up continuous microgravity research and lab upkeep.
New Flight Engineer Frank Rubio from NASA was back to work on area physics on Tuesday setting up hardware for the Intelligent Glass Optics research study inside the Microgravity Science Glovebox. The research examines using synthetic intelligence to adapt materials making, such as fiber optics, to the vacuum of space.
NASA astronaut Frank Rubio (center) is greeted by fellow NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins and Bob Hines soon after he reached the International Space Station. Rubio docked to the orbiting laboratorys Rassvet module previously with Roscosmos cosmonauts (out of frame) Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin aboard the Soyuz MS-22 team ship starting a six-month space research objective. Credit: NASA
Station Commander Oleg Artemyev is turning his attention to this weeks return to Earth with Roscosmos Flight Engineers Denis Matveev and Sergey Korsakov. It will mark the conclusion of a six-month space research study mission.
