Russian cosmonaut Sergei Prokopyev took command of the International Space Station on Wednesday, according to the press service of the Russian space agency Roscosmos.
“Cosmonaut Sergey Prokopyev took command of the International Space Station from European Space Agency cosmonaut Samantha Christofority on Wednesday 12 October 2022,” the statement read. In the presence of the entire crew, the Russian received the symbolic key of the station. The party ended with the traditional sound of the ship’s bell as we escaped RT.
On the night of October 13, the manned spacecraft will have to do it Crew Dragon with crew Crew-4 Leave the International Space Station and return to Earth. NASA astronauts Shell Lindgren, Robert Heinz, Jessica Watkins and Christofority are expected to land in the Atlantic Ocean..
After leaving Crew-4 The crew of the 68th long-distance flight will continue to operate on the International Space Station, consisting of “Ros Cosmos” astronauts Sergey Prokopyev, Dmitry Petlin and Anna Kekina, and “NASA” astronauts Frank Rubio, Nicole Mann and Josh Cassada , as well as Japanese Space Agency astronauts Koichi Wakata.
