(ANSA) - ROME, OCT 12 - Samantha Cristoforetti, the first European woman commander of the International Space Station, on Wednesday handed over command of the ISS to her Russian colleague Sergey Prokopyev.
    'AstroSamantha' commanded the station for two weeks.
    She said "thank you Italy, my country, for the opportunity you offered me to be on board the Space Station". (ANSA).