NASA astronaut Tracy C. Dyson, accompanied by Roscosmos cosmonauts Nikolai Chub and Oleg Kononenko, will leave from the International Space Station aboard the Soyuz MS-25 spacecraft, and go back to Earth.
Dyson, Chub, and Kononenko will undock from the orbiting lab's Prichal module at 4:37 a.m. EDT Monday, Sept. 23, heading for a parachute-assisted landing at 8 a.m. (5 p.m. Kazakhstan time) on the steppe of Kazakhstan, southeast of the town of Dzhezkazgan.
NASA's live protection of return and associated activities will stream on NASA+ and the company's site. Find out how to stream NASA material through a range of platforms, consisting of social networks.
A modification of command event likewise will stream on NASA platforms at 10:15 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 22. Kononenko will turn over station command to NASA astronaut Suni Williams for Expedition 72, which starts at the time of undocking.
Covering 184 days in area, Dyson's objective consists of covering 2,944 orbits of the Earth and a journey of 78 million miles. The Soyuz MS-25 spacecraft introduced March 23, and got to the station March 25, with Dyson, Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy, and spaceflight individual Marina Vasilevskaya of Belarus. Novitskiy and Vasilevskaya were aboard the station for 12 days before returning home with NASA astronaut Loral O'Hara on April 6.
Kononenko and Chub, who introduced with O'Hara to the station on the Soyuz MS-24 spacecraft last September, will return after 374 days in area and a journey of 158.6 million miles, covering 5,984 orbits.
Dyson invested her 4th spaceflight aboard the station as an Expedition 70 and 71 flight engineer, and leaves with Kononenko, finishing his 5th flight into area and accumulating an all-time record 1,111 days in orbit, and Chub, who finished his very first spaceflight.
After going back to Earth, the 3 team members will fly on a helicopter from the landing website to the healing staging city of Karaganda, Kazakhstan. Dyson will board a NASA aircraft and go back to Houston, while Kononenko and Chub will leave for a training base in Star City, Russia.
NASA's protection is as follows (perpetuity Eastern and subject to alter based upon real-time operations):
Sunday, Sept. 22
10:15 a.m.– Expedition 71/72 modification of command event starts on NASA+ and the firm's site.
Monday, Sept. 23
12:45 a.m.– Hatch closing protection starts on NASA+ and the firm's site.
1:05 a.m.– Hatch closing
4 a.m.– Undocking protection starts on NASA+ and the company's site.
4:37 a.m.– Undocking
6:45 a.m.– Coverage starts for deorbit burn, entry, and landing on NASA+ and the firm's site.
7:05 a.m.– Deorbit burn
8 a.m.– Landing
For more than 20 years, individuals have actually lived and worked continually aboard the International Space Station, advancing clinical understanding, and making research study developments that are not possible in the world. The station is a vital testbed for NASA to comprehend and conquer the difficulties of long-duration spaceflight and to broaden industrial chances in low Earth orbit.
