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NASA astronaut Sunita Williams has taken command of the International Space Station Expedition 72.
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Williams succeeds Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko, who returns to Earth on September 23.
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Williams will lead the ISS until her scheduled return to Earth in February 2025.
Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko hands over station command to NASA astronaut Suni Williams at 10:15am ET on Sunday. Kononenko returns to Earth on Monday with NASA astronaut Tracy C. Dyson and cosmonaut Nikolai Chub. Watch here… https://t.co/mGhQ0R7u0t pic.twitter.com/mJM1txJLPs
— International Space Station (@Space_Station) September 21, 2024
A huge welcome to @NASAKennedy, #Crew9!@NASA_Astronauts Nick Hague, commander, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov, mission specialist, arrived at the Launch and Landing Facility Sept. 21 ahead of launch to @Space_Station at 2:05pm ET Sept. 26: https://t.co/Tsgw7rg50V pic.twitter.com/4Wf5euhtPf
— NASA Commercial Crew (@Commercial_Crew) September 21, 2024