European Space Agency Astronaut Luca Parmitano is handing command of the International Space Station to Roscosmos Flight Engineer Oleg Skripochka on Wednesday.
Members of Expedition 63, consisting of Roscosmos cosmonauts Nikolai Tikhonov and Andrei Babkin, and American astronaut Chris Cassidy, are expected to arrive at the ISS on 9 April.
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