ISS Expedition 71-72 Change of Command Ceremony
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Event Description
ROSCOSMOS cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko, Expedition 71 commander, will hand over the International Space Station command to NASA astronaut Suni Williams who will become commander of Expedition 72.
Programs
International Space Station
The International Space Station programme is tied together by a complex set of legal, political and financial agreements between the sixteen nations involved in the project, governing ownership of the various components, rights to crewing and utilization, and responsibilities for crew rotation and resupply of the International Space Station. It was conceived in 1984 by President Ronald Reagan, during the Space Station Freedom project as it was originally called.
Related Items
Expedition 72
Expedition 71
