The Russian astronaut Sergei Prokopyev] is appointed the commander of IS

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On October 12, 2022, 21:15 — Public news service — OSN is appointed by the New commander of the International Space Station (ISS) the astronaut from Russian Federation Sergei Prokopyev. About it reports information agency "ITAR-TASS". As specified in ROSKOSMOS STATE CORPORATION, Sergei Prokopyev accepted command from the astronaut ESA Samantha Kristoforetti. It occurred on Wednesday, October 12. To the Russian astronaut during a ceremony transferred a symbolical key then by tradition struck in a ship bell. Crew-4 crew with astronauts of National administration office on aeronautics and space research Chell Lndgren, Robert Thomas Khayns-mladshy and Jessica Andrea Uotkins, and also has to Kristoforetti...
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Sergei Prokopyev
Last position: Astronaut-tester (Federal state-financed institution "Institute for scientific research TSPK named after Yu. A. Gagarina")
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Samantha Kristoforetti
Last position: Astronaut (ESA)
Robert Thomas Khayns-mladshy
Last position: Astronaut (NASA)
Jessica Andrea Uotkins
Last position: Astronaut (NASA)
Sergei Konstantinovich Krikalev
Last position: The executive director on the piloted space programs (ROSKOSMOS STATE CORPORATION)
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