{"id":129703,"date":"2022-03-24T19:22:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-24T23:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?migration=converted-node-478304"},"modified":"2023-07-26T16:36:13","modified_gmt":"2023-07-26T20:36:13","slug":"nasa-to-provide-live-coverage-of-record-setting-us-astronaut-return","status":"publish","type":"press-release","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/news-release\/nasa-to-provide-live-coverage-of-record-setting-us-astronaut-return\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA to Provide Live Coverage of Record-Setting US Astronaut Return"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-none \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/iss066e139638_0.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/iss066e139638_0.jpg?w=2048\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"(Feb. 10, 2022) u002du002d- NASA astronaut and Expedition 66 Flight Engineer Mark Vande Hei configures the Combustion Integrated Rack in the U.S. Destiny laboratory module to support a pair of fire safety experiments.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/iss066e139638_0.jpg 5568w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/iss066e139638_0.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/iss066e139638_0.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/iss066e139638_0.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/iss066e139638_0.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/iss066e139638_0.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/iss066e139638_0.jpg?resize=400,267 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/iss066e139638_0.jpg?resize=600,400 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/iss066e139638_0.jpg?resize=900,600 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/iss066e139638_0.jpg?resize=1200,800 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/iss066e139638_0.jpg?resize=2000,1333 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" loading=\"eager\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">NASA astronaut and Expedition 66 Flight Engineer Mark Vande Hei poses for a photo on Feb. 10, 2022, while configuring the Combustion Integrated Rack in the U.S. Destiny laboratory module of the International Space Station to support a pair of fire safety experiments. <\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\">u003cstrongu003eCredits: NASAu003c\/strongu003e<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p><em><strong>Editor\u2019s Note: <\/strong>This advisory was updated on March 25, 2022, to update the launch date for Mark Vande Hei and <\/em><em>Pyotr<\/em> <em>Dubrov. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NASA astronaut <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/astronauts\/biographies\/mark-t-vande-hei\/biography\" rel=\"noopener\">Mark Vande Hei<\/a> and two Roscosmos cosmonauts are scheduled to end their mission aboard the International Space Station and return to Earth on Wednesday, March 30.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vande Hei, along with Anton Shkaplerov and Pyotr Dubrov, will close the hatch to the Soyuz MS-19 spacecraft to begin the journey back to Earth. The Soyuz will undock from the Rassvet module, heading for a parachute-assisted landing Wednesday, March 30, on the steppe of Kazakhstan, southeast of the remote town of Dzhezkazgan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Coverage of the crew\u2019s farewells, undocking, and landing will air live on NASA TV, the agency\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/live\" rel=\"noopener\">website<\/a>, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/connect\/apps.html\" rel=\"noopener\">NASA app<\/a> at the following times (all EDT):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>11:30 p.m. EDT, Tuesday, March 29 \u2013 Farewells and hatch closure (at 12 a.m., Wednesday, March 30)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2:45 a.m. Wednesday, March 30 \u2013 Undocking (at 3:21 a.m.)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>6:15 a.m. Wednesday, March 30 \u2013 Deorbit burn and landing (landing at 7:28 a.m. \/ 5:28 p.m. Kazakhstan time)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Vande Hei and Dubrov launched April 9, 2021, on Soyuz MS-18, and will wrap up a 355-day mission spanning 5,680 orbits of Earth and more than 150 million miles. During the long-duration mission, Vande Hei broke the record for longest single spaceflight by an American astronaut, previously held at 340 days. Vande Hei will wrap up his second spaceflight with a total of 523 days in space. Shkaplerov launched on Soyuz MS-19 on Oct. 5, 2021. This was Dubrov\u2019s first flight. Shkaplerov is ending his fourth mission with 708 cumulative days spent in space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In advance of Soyuz departure coverage, Shkaplerov will hand over command of the station to NASA astronaut <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/astronauts\/biographies\/thomas-h-marshburn\/biography\" rel=\"noopener\">Tom Marshburn <\/a>during a change of command ceremony. The event will air live on NASA TV, the NASA app, and the agency\u2019s website beginning at 9:45 a.m. Tuesday, March 29.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the time of undocking, Expedition 67 will formally begin aboard the station, with new station Commander Marshburn, NASA astronauts <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/content\/raja-chari-nasa-astronaut\" rel=\"noopener\">Raja Chari<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/content\/kayla-barron-nasa-astronaut\" rel=\"noopener\">Kayla Barron<\/a>, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esa.int\/Science_Exploration\/Human_and_Robotic_Exploration\/Astronauts\/Matthias_Maurer#:~:text=Matthias%20Maurer%20was%20born%20in,sports%2C%20especially%20cycling%20and%20hiking.\" rel=\"noopener\">Matthias Maurer<\/a>, and Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Artemyev, Denis Matveev, and Sergey Korsakov.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After landing, the Soyuz MS-19 crew will split up, as per standard crew return practice, with Vande Hei returning to his home in Houston, while the cosmonauts fly back to their training base in Star City, Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Learn more about space station activities by following <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/space_station\" rel=\"noopener\">@space_station<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ISS_Research\" rel=\"noopener\">@ISS_Research<\/a> on Twitter, as well as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ISS\" rel=\"noopener\">ISS Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ISS\/\" rel=\"noopener\">ISS Instagram<\/a> accounts and the <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.nasa.gov\/spacestation\/\" rel=\"noopener\">space station blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">-end-<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Josh Finch \/ Gina Anderson<br>Headquarters, Washington<br>202-358-1100<br><a href=\"mailto:joshua.a.finch@nasa.gov\">joshua.a.finch@nasa.gov<\/a> \/ <a href=\"mailto:gina.n.anderson@nasa.gov\">gina.n.anderson@nasa.gov<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dan Huot<br>Johnson Space Center, Houston<br>281-483-5111<br><a href=\"mailto:daniel.g.huot@nasa.gov\">daniel.g.huot@nasa.gov<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<p>Josh Finch \/ Gina Anderson<br \/>\nHeadquarters, Washington<br \/>\n202-358-1100<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:joshua.a.finch@nasa.gov\">joshua.a.finch@nasa.gov<\/a> \/ <a href=\"mailto:gina.n.anderson@nasa.gov\">gina.n.anderson@nasa.gov<\/a><br \/>\nDan Huot<br \/>\nJohnson Space Center, Houston<br \/>\n281-483-5111<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:daniel.g.huot@nasa.gov\">daniel.g.huot@nasa.gov<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Editor\u2019s Note: This advisory was updated on March 25, 2022, to update the launch date for Mark Vande Hei and Pyotr Dubrov.  NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei and two Roscosmos cosmonauts are scheduled to end their mission aboard the International Space Station and return to Earth on Wednesday, March 30. 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