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| Image above: European Space Agency astronaut Thomas
Reiter in the Destiny laboratory. Photo credit: NASA. |
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Expedition 14 takes command, Expedition 13 prepares for Earth
New station residents Commander Michael Lopez-Alegria, KE5GTK and Flight
Engineer Mikhail Tyurin, RZ3FT are in charge of the orbiting complex.
Flight Engineer Thomas Reiter, DF4TR officially joined Expedition 14 last
week.
Meanwhile, Expedition 13 Commander Pavel Vinogradov and Flight Engineer
Jeff Williams are preparing to return to Earth on Thursday, Sept. 28.
Spaceflight Participant Anousheh Ansari will also end her visit that day
and return with Expedition 13.
A formal change of command ceremony from Expedition 13 to Expedition
14 will be held on Wednesday, Sept. 27. NASA TV will begin coverage of
a farewell ceremony and closing of the hatches on Thursday, Sept. 28,
at 1:35 p.m. CDT, as the Expedition 13 crew and Ansari prepare to depart.
They are scheduled to land in Kazakhstan at 8:10 p.m. CDT.
As the crew handover proceeds, both crews continue science and maintenance
activities, as well as exercise. The Elektron oxygen generator was serviced
over the weekend and is expected to be reactivated Tuesday.
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