Cosmonaut Aleksey Ovchinin hands over command of ISS to Japanese astronaut Takuya Onishi

The Manila Times

Cosmonaut Aleksey Ovchinin hands over command of ISS to Japanese astronaut Takuya Onishi  Russian cosmonaut Aleksey Ovchinin hands over the key to the International Space Station to Japanese astronaut Takuya Onishi as part of a change of command ceremony on April 18, 2025. Onishi thanked his Russian counterpart, adding that it was particularly 'special' to take over command from Ovchinin because of their shared history. Both Onishi and Ovchinin made their first trip to the ISS in 2016 as part of Expedition 48. He also wished Ovchinin and the departing crew a 'safe and soft landing.'  NASA / REUTERS  Subscribe to The Manila Times Channel - https://tmt.ph/YTSubscribe  Visit our website at https://www.manilatimes.net  Follow us:  Facebook - https://tmt.ph/facebook  Instagram - https://tmt.ph/instagram  Twitter - https://tmt.ph/twitter  DailyMotion - https://tmt.ph/dailymotion   Subscribe to our Digital Edition - https://tmt.ph/digital   Check out our Podcasts:  Spotify - https://tmt.ph/spotify  Apple Podcasts - https://tmt.ph/applepodcasts  Amazon Music - https://tmt.ph/amazonmusic  Deezer: https://tmt.ph/deezer Stitcher: https://tmt.ph/stitcher  Tune In: https://tmt.ph/tunein  Soundcloud: https://tmt.ph/soundcloud   #TheManilaTimes #tmtnews #internationalspacestation #space #spacemission

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00:00I want to say big thank you my crew we work together we relax together also I

00:11want to say big thank you all people instructors who prepared us who supported

00:18us during our flight big thank you all MCC's MCC Houston Munich to Cuba Hansville Moscow thank

00:32you very much for your help for your support and also big thank you our families our children

00:41their support help us during all our flight

00:48time time to change command

00:56this is a key from ISS now it's your key

01:02take care our station it's our everything

01:15thank you very much Alexei it's a great honor for me to accept the command of the ISS and I feel so

01:25special that I am taking over the command from you it's because it's been almost nine years since we

01:36met here in 2016 during expedition 48 at that time both of us were rookies and here we are two veterans

01:48who are ISS commanders I hope we can see each other again on the ground we wish you a safe and soft landing

01:58all right

02:02it's a small menu

02:04and you can

02:15some of you have to hit the bell

02:16maybe a little bit of a little bit of aì my name is on the ground you have to be rewritten so that I don't want it to be the fire

02:18you have to hit the bell

02:19or you can see what I'm with you

02:19in the background and that I think I'll show the point to you

02:20and I hope you guys have to see you

02:22and keep moving in the background and much more

02:23time talking

02:24okay thank you

02:25and I hope you guys have to see you

02:27You

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