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.