A new era of international leadership approaches the International Space Station
In short: Witness the preparations for Expedition 38, a mission featuring a historic milestone for Japanese spaceflight and a diverse crew of veteran explorers.
The video covers a news conference at NASA's Johnson Space Center featuring the upcoming Expedition 38 crew: Rick Mastracchio, Koichi Wakata, and Mikhail Tyurin. The mission is notable for Koichi Wakata, who will undertake his fourth spaceflight and is set to become the first Japanese commander of the station in March 2014.
Launching on November 6 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the trio will travel aboard the Soyuz TMA-11M spacecraft. The crew is scheduled to remain in orbit until their return to Earth in May 2014.
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