Frank De Winne, ON1DWN

First European commander of the International Space Station

ESA astronaut Frank De Winne, ON1DWN, will become the first European commander of the International Space Station this weekend, after the current commander Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka, RN3DT, has
left the ISS.
 
Padalka’s Soyuz spacecraft is scheduled to undock this Sunday night from the orbital outpost.

De Winne is the first non-American and non-Russian to take on this role.

A symbolic change-of-command ceremony will be held in advance onboard the ISS this Friday