List of commanders of the International Space Station

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This is a chronological list of commanders of the International Space Station . A pre-decided inhabitant of the ISS assumes command upon departure of the previous commander, at the end of an expedition, in a small hand-over ceremony. Their responsibility is defined by the ISS Code of Conduct, which states that the ISS commander has some authority over the operations of the ISS, but should ultimately defer most decisions to the Flight Director. [1]

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A typical ISS commander handover ceremony from Expedition 57 to 58

The commander keeps a symbolic key of the station with them during their tenure, that is, a copy of the handle opening the hatches to the Russian segment. It is passed on to a new astronaut when they replace the existing commander as the new station commander. [2]

Continued international collaboration on ISS missions has been thrown into doubt by the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine and related sanctions on Russia. [3]

Responsibilities

Ceremony

A ceremony occurs at each change of command, similar to rituals in various military services. The new and old commanders together ring a bell. The first occurred when Yury V. Usachev of Expedition 2 replaced Expedition 1 commander William M. Shepherd. [4]

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Statistics

A Russian national has commanded the station 31 times, including the current one. A US national has commanded the station 28 times. [Note 1] Japanese and Italian nationals have commanded the station 2 times. Belgian, British, [Note 1] Canadian, Danish, German, and French nationals have commanded the station once each.

Gennady Padalka has commanded the station on 4 separate occasions, more than any other inhabitant.

Fyodor Yurchikhin and Oleg Kononenko have commanded the station thrice. Scott Kelly, Oleg Kotov, Anton Shkaplerov, Pavel Vinogradov, Peggy Whitson, Jeffrey Williams, and Sunita Williams have commanded the station twice each.

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  1. 1 2 Including dual-national Michael Foale
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