Cristoforetti will assume command of Exp 68a when Artemyev departs next month.She'll then pass command on to Prokopyev for Exp 68b when Crew-4 leaves in early to mid October.Prokopyev will command Exp 68b through his own return to Earth in early 2023.Bowen will command Exp 69a.Kononenko will command Exp 69b.
That confuses me I thought if you were a Space X Crew Dragon Commander you couldn’t command the station.
Quote from: NasaFan95 on 09/03/2022 05:46 pmThat confuses me I thought if you were a Space X Crew Dragon Commander you couldn’t command the station.I'm pretty sure it's just coincidence that none yet have.
Quote from: Ben E on 08/23/2022 07:06 pmCristoforetti will assume command of Exp 68a when Artemyev departs next month.She'll then pass command on to Prokopyev for Exp 68b when Crew-4 leaves in early to mid October.Prokopyev will command Exp 68b through his own return to Earth in early 2023.Bowen will command Exp 69a.Kononenko will command Exp 69b. I’m confused so was cristoferreti’s flight delayed a month cuz they needed someone to command the ISS & I’m surprised it’s not wakata that’s commanding expedition 68B, Bowen commanding 69A That confuses me I thought if you were a Space X Crew Dragon Commander you couldn’t command the station.
Wakata will not command during Exp 68. It's Prokopyev, then Bowen. I don't think it's always a question of experience: after all, on Exp 47 Kopra (with no long-duration experience) commanded over Malenchenko, who was on his fifth long-duration flight. I think it has more to do with cycling command between the partners.As for Dragon astronauts commanding increments, NASA's Rob Navias told me a couple of years ago that no Dragon crew members would be ISS CDR for the first few Dragon missions. I imagine that has changed now.
The crew of #SoyuzMS22 will perform five spacewalks, said Dmitry Petelin yesterday. The first tasks will be to transfer the airlock and the radiator from the Rassvet module to MLM Nauka. Anna Kikina will be the operator of the ERA manipulator during the spacewalks.