ESA astronauts Samantha Cristoforetti and Matthias Maurer

In late April 2022, for the first time since mid 2011, ESA had two astronauts living and working together aboard the International Space Station.

Samantha Cristoforetti arrived with Crew-4 on 28 April in SpaceX Crew Dragon Freedom, while Matthias departed with his Crew-3 colleagues, NASA astronauts Raja Chari, Thomas Marshburn and Kayla Barron, on Thursday 5 May.

This image with a SpaceX spacesuit was captured during their time together in orbit.