After 199 days in space, Michael Barratt and Gennady Padalka have safely returned to Earth. Expedition 20 landed in Kazakhstan on October 11, at 12:32 a.m. EDT. Padalka has spent 586 days in space over the course of three flights, which puts him sixth on all time list. Sergei Krikalev has the most time in [...]
Archive of entries posted on 10th October 2009
ISS Expedition 20 Wrapping up
The International Space Station is getting ready to change crews, officially. While an unofficial “Change of Command” ceremony was held earlier today, Frank De Winne will officially become the Expedition 21 commander Saturday when Gennady Padalka and Flight Engineer Michael Barratt undock from the station from the Soyuz TMA-14 later tonight. They will say farewell [...]
