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Bill Shepherd, commander of the International Space Station’s Expedition One crew who returned to Earth aboard Discovery, responds to a question during an interview. . The interview was held in the suitup room of the astronauts’ quarters in the Operations and Checkout Building upon the crew’s return after landing. Discovery returned from mission STS-102, landing at KSC March 21. Part of the STS-102 mission was to take the Expedition Two crew to the Space Station and exchange crews. Shepherd handed over command to cosmonaut Yury Usachev, who will reside on the Station for the next four months with astronauts Susan Helms and James Voss