Nine astronauts gather for a historic orbital press conference
In short: Watch as nine crew members from three different expeditions gather on the International Space Station for a joint news conference. This rare assembly offers a unique look at international cooperation in orbit.
This event marked the first time since October 2009 that nine people were aboard the space station simultaneously without a space shuttle present. The gathering was a brief four-day window where three distinct expeditions overlapped as one concluded and another began. The crew discussed diverse topics, including the 15th anniversary of the station's construction and a planned spacewalk featuring the Olympic torch for the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi. The conference featured questions from U.S., Russian, European, and Japanese media, highlighting the global scale of the laboratory's research and operations.
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- Also: Three Space Station Crews Answer Media Questions from Orbit - NASA
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