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<\/a><\/figure>The Expedition 75<\/a>\u00a0crew slept in Friday and\u00a0spent the rest of the day relaxing following the Oct. 1 arrival<\/a>\u00a0of NASA\u2019s SpaceX Crew-13<\/a>\u00a0mission. The four new crew members, who arrived after a record-setting 7-hour, 55-minute\u00a0Dragon spacecraft flight\u00a0from Florida, bring the number of\u00a0people living aboard the International Space Station<\/a> to 11.\u00a0<\/p>\n NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins<\/a>\u00a0and Luke Delaney<\/a>, CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Joshua Kutryk, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Teteryatnikov will spend the next few days getting used life to in weightlessness and familiarizing themselves with station systems.\u00a0<\/p>\n On Saturday, Oct. 3, Crew-13 will spend the day unpacking Dragon, transferring\u00a0standard safety gear into its spacecraft, and discussing emergency\u00a0roles and responsibilities.\u00a0<\/p>\n On Sunday, Oct. 4, the departing Crew-12<\/a>\u00a0crew\u00a0members will officially transfer their mission responsibilities to their new crewmates.\u00a0NASA astronaut Jessica Meir<\/a>\u00a0also will hand over command of the space station to Roscosmos cosmonaut Pyotr Dubrov during a change-of-command\u00a0and farewell ceremony beginning at 10:20 a.m. EDT.\u00a0<\/p>\n The crew\u2019s farewell remarks and change-of-command ceremony will stream through a variety of platforms. Learn where to watch online:\u00a0<\/p>\n https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/live<\/a><\/p>\n The homebound Crew\u201112 crew members have spent the past several days packing cargo, configuring Dragon systems, and testing their pressure suits in preparation for their return.<\/p>\n NASA and SpaceX continue to monitor weather conditions off the California coast, with additional departure weather briefings planned over the weekend. Weather permitting, Meir, NASA astronaut Jack Hathaway<\/a>, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Sophie Adenot, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev could begin their trip home as early as Monday, Oct. 5. NASA will share more information and issue an advisory for Crew\u201112\u2019s return to Earth\u00a0following the upcoming weather briefings.<\/p>\n Learn more about station activities by following the <\/em>space station blog<\/em><\/a>, <\/em>@space_station<\/em><\/a> on X, as well as the <\/em>ISS Facebook<\/em><\/a> and <\/em>ISS Instagram<\/em><\/a> accounts.<\/em><\/p>\n Get the latest from NASA delivered every week. <\/em>Subscribe here<\/em><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n Powered by WPeMatico<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n Get The Details…<\/a><\/p>\n Mark A. Garcia <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Expedition 75\u00a0crew slept in Friday and\u00a0spent the rest of the day relaxing following the Oct. 1 arrival\u00a0of NASA\u2019s SpaceX Crew-13\u00a0mission. The four new crew members, who arrived after a record-setting 7-hour, 55-minute\u00a0Dragon spacecraft flight\u00a0from Florida, bring the number of\u00a0people living aboard the orbital outpost to 11.\u00a0 Continue reading