Crew-11’s departure leaves the ISS, which is normally staffed by seven astronauts and cosmonauts, in the hands of cosmonaut Sergey Kud-Sverchkov, who replaced Fincke as the Expedition 74 commander. Astronaut Chris Williams and cosmonaut Sergey Mikaev also remain onboard the orbital lab.

Senator John Cornyn has a clear message in the aftermath of the new NASA administrator questioning the logistics and cost of getting Space Shuttle Discovery from the Smithsonian in Washington to Houston’s Johnson Space Center.

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman suggested he would be open to transferring a spacecraft other than the space shuttle Discovery to Houston.

The final pair of IROSAs will augment the solar power available for life support and scientific research activities aboard the ISS. They will also play a critical role in a planned controlled safe deorbit of the ISS in 2030 using a U.S. deorbit vehicle, which is being developed for NASA by SpaceX.

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman recently signaled that the idea to relocate Discovery to Texas faces serious financial and logistical hurdles, cooling expectations that the retired orbiter would leave its longtime home at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum, according to reporting by Scientific American and Gizmodo.

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