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Sunita Williams takes command of space station, gets special 'key'
short by Pragya Swastik / on Monday, 23 September, 2024
NASA astronaut Sunita Williams, who's stuck in space, took over the command of the International Space Station (ISS) from Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko. Williams also received a 'key' which is a handle used to open the hatches to open the Roscosmos segment of the space station. The 'key' also serves as a symbolic transfer of command of the orbiting complex.
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