Astronauts and cosmonauts held a change of command ceremony aboard the International Space Station on Monday. Outgoing space station commander Mike Fincke, a Nasa member of the returning Crew 11, formally handed over command to cosmonaut Sergey Kud-Sverchkov, presenting him with a symbolic key to the station.

Four crew members are scheduled to depart earlier than scheduled from the ISS later this week after a medical issue involving an unidentified crew member.