ISS command change takes place
Posted: Wed, Sep 27, 2006, 7:52 PM ET (2352 GMT)
The Expedition 14 crew officially took over control of the International Space Station Wednesday as the Expedition 13 crew and a commercial passenger prepared for their trip back to Earth. Expedition 14 commander Michael Lopez-Alegria relieved Expedition 13 commander Pavel Vinogradov during a brief ceremony on the station Wednesday. Lopez-Alegria and Mikhail Tyurin arrived at the ISS on a Soyuz last week to take over for Vinogradov and Jeffrey Williams; the third member of the Expedition 13 crew, Thomas Reiter, will remain on the station until he is replaced by astronaut Sunita Williams on a shuttle mission scheduled for December. Vinogradov, Williams, and commercial passenger Anousheh Ansari, who flew to the ISS with the Expedition 14 crew, will return to Earth late Thursday.
The Expedition 14 crew officially took over control of the International Space Station Wednesday as the Expedition 13 crew and a commercial passenger prepared for their trip back to Earth. Expedition 14 commander Michael Lopez-Alegria relieved Expedition 13 commander Pavel Vinogradov during a brief ceremony on the station Wednesday. Lopez-Alegria and Mikhail Tyurin arrived at the ISS on a Soyuz last week to take over for Vinogradov and Jeffrey Williams; the third member of the Expedition 13 crew, Thomas Reiter, will remain on the station until he is replaced by astronaut Sunita Williams on a shuttle mission scheduled for December. Vinogradov, Williams, and commercial passenger Anousheh Ansari, who flew to the ISS with the Expedition 14 crew, will return to Earth late Thursday.| <<previous article | next article>> |
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