The emotional handover between Expedition 39 and Expedition 40 crews
In short: This footage captures the farewells exchanged aboard the International Space Station as the Expedition 39 crew prepares to depart via the Soyuz TMA-11M spacecraft, leaving the station in the hands of the next crew.
Footage depicts the Expedition 39 team—Mikhail Tyurin, a Russian cosmonaut, NASA Flight Engineer Rick Mastracchio, and JAXA's Koichi Wakata—offering farewells to their peers from within the Unity node. This handover occurs less than an hour before the hatch closure on the Soyuz TMA-11M spacecraft.
NASA's Steve Swanson and Russian cosmonauts Alexander Skvortsov and Oleg Artemyev stayed on board, awaiting the arrival of Expedition 40 members Max Suraev (Roscosmos), Reid Wiseman (NASA), and Alexander Gerst (ESA) later that month.
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- Also: Expedition 39 Trio Waves Farewell to Station Crewmates - NASA
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