ROSCOSMOS cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev, Expedition 67 commander, will hand over the International Space Station command to ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti who will become commander of Expedition 68.
The International Space Station (ISS) is a space station, or a habitable artificial satellite, in low Earth orbit. Its first component was launched into orbit in 1998, with the first long-term residents arriving in November 2000. It has been inhabited continuously since that date. The last pressurised module was fitted in 2011, and an experimental inflatable space habitat was added …