John quoted Orbital by Samantha Harvey
A team of astronauts in the International Space Station collect meteorological data, conduct scientific experiments …
For the first time ever you’ve been overtaken, say ground crews. You’re yesterday’s news, they joke, and Pietro jokes back that better yesterday’s news than tomorrow’s, if they know what he means. If you’re an astronaut you’d rather not ever be news.
— Orbital by Samantha Harvey (Page 10)
Until the problems with the Boeing Starliner Calypso, when astronaunts Barry Wilmore and Sunita Williams unexpectedly extended their stay on the International Space Station, the crew changeovers happened largely unreported by the mainstream media.