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, October 12, 2022,” the statement reads. In the presence of the entire crew, the Russian was given the symbolic key to the station. The party ended with the traditional ship bell ringing, as we got away RT.
On the night of October 13, the manned spacecraft will have to 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 scheduled to land in the Atlantic Ocean..
After leaving Crew-4 On the International Space Station, the crew of the 68th long-distance flight will continue to operate, and it consists of astronauts from “Ros Cosmos” Sergey Prokopyev, Dmitry Petlin and Anna Kekina, and astronauts from “NASA” Frank Rubio, Nicole Mann and Josh Cassada, as well as astronauts from the Space Agency Japanese Koichi Wakata.