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ESA announced this week that Crew-4 will be a shorter mission to the International Space Station, and @AstroSamantha will no longer serve as commander because of the shorter on-orbit increment. I'd like to explain why so this is not misunderstood.
1. This is not a reflection of Samantha, whom just about everyone I've spoken to about says is awesome. And my personal interactions with her have been great as well. This does seem to be purely a scheduling issue.
2. This *is* about giving NASA and ESA maximum flexibility in ensuring a direct handover between Crew-4 and Crew-5 this fall, to ensure there is no gap in which there is no US astronaut on board. This puts the NASA handover before the Soyuz handover this fall.
3. This change was in the works before the Russian invasion of Ukraine, so it was not done in response to that. (Although escalating tensions certainly make the move seem prudent). Basically, this ensures NASA/ESA people will be on the station even if there is no Soyuz seat swap.
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