Expedition 30 Hands Over the Space Station to Expedition 3

The reins of the International Space Station were passed from Expedition 30 Commander Dan Burbank of NASA to cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko during a ceremony on April 25. Kononenko and Flight Engineers Don Pettit of NASA and Andre Kuipers of the European Space Agency arrived at the station on Dec. 23, 2011, and will remain in orbit until July. They will be joined on May 17 by oncoming Expedition 31 crew members Joe Acaba of NASA and Gennady Padalka and Sergei Revin of the Russian Federal Space Agency. Burbank and Russian Flight Engineers Anton Shkaplerov and Anatoly Ivanishin returned to Earth in their Soyuz TMA-22 spacecraft on April 30, making a parachute-assisted landing on the steppe of Kazakhstan.

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[camerongwilliams]

I'm really going to miss seeing you in these videos Mr. Burbank. I hope your trip home goes well. Thank you for your service.

[technofi2011]

The best example of camaraderie among international leadership.

Astronaut Burbank and Pettit made a great team, like buddies at space camp. Thanks.

[axedevil]

have a safe trip back home!

[GaryW48]

It seems like only yesterday, when in July 1975, the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project made its joint flight. Now, it is commonplace to see crew exchanges onboard the ISS every few months. Safe journey to all the cosmonauts and astronauts.

[deltasevenma7]

great job Capt. Burbank. 

[LucasKussowski]

Well done Expedition 30 and all the very best to Expedition 31!!! :)

[ShodowySpartan]

Expedition 30 got the ISS the same week i moved from home for the first time. This they hold a special place in my heart. Going to miss them especially Cmdr Burbank. Thank you guys

[SIDisTHE]

Great job guys. Have a safe trip back.

[hackneysaregreat]

I will miss you and your team up there, hope to see you all back in the ISS.

Have a safe trip home and a safe landing.

[geomodelrailroader]

a fitting speech Dan Burbank as of now you are no longer the captain of the ISS. Expedition 30 is over Expedition 31 has began Oleg is now the captain of the ISS. god speed have a safe trip home Captain Dan Burbank.