{"id":52144,"date":"2015-12-11T14:08:00","date_gmt":"2015-12-11T18:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?migration=converted-node-375345"},"modified":"2023-07-26T14:47:49","modified_gmt":"2023-07-26T18:47:49","slug":"nasa-astronaut-kjell-lindgren-completes-space-station-mission-safely-returns-to-earth","status":"publish","type":"press-release","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/news-release\/nasa-astronaut-kjell-lindgren-completes-space-station-mission-safely-returns-to-earth\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA Astronaut Kjell Lindgren Completes Space Station Mission, Safely Returns to Earth"},"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\/2015\/12\/inside-soyuz.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/inside-soyuz.jpg?w=1024\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"Expedition 45 crew members in the Soyuz TMA-17M\" 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\/2015\/12\/inside-soyuz.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/inside-soyuz.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/inside-soyuz.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/inside-soyuz.jpg?resize=400,266 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/inside-soyuz.jpg?resize=600,400 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/inside-soyuz.jpg?resize=900,599 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" loading=\"eager\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">Expedition 45 crew members Kjell Lindgren of NASA, Oleg Kononenko of the Russian Federal Space Agency and Kimiya Yui of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency settle into the Soyuz TMA-17M spacecraft that carried them safely back to Earth on Dec. 11, 2015 after their 141-day mission aboard the International Space Station. <strong>Credits: NASA<\/strong><\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<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\/2015\/12\/cv8exhyueaajw0__0.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1042\" height=\"694\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/cv8exhyueaajw0__0.jpg?w=1042\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"Expedition 45 departs the International Space Station in Soyuz spacecraft\" 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\/2015\/12\/cv8exhyueaajw0__0.jpg 1042w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/cv8exhyueaajw0__0.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/cv8exhyueaajw0__0.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/cv8exhyueaajw0__0.jpg?resize=1024,682 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/cv8exhyueaajw0__0.jpg?resize=400,266 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/cv8exhyueaajw0__0.jpg?resize=600,400 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/cv8exhyueaajw0__0.jpg?resize=900,599 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1042px) 100vw, 1042px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">Expedition 46 Commander Scott Kelly of NASA captured this image, from aboard the International Space Station, of the Dec. 11 undocking and departure of the Soyuz TMA-17M carrying home Expedition 45 crew members Kjell Lindgren of NASA, Oleg Kononenko of the Russian Federal Space Agency and Kimiya Yui of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency after their 141-day mission on the orbital laboratory. <strong>Credits: NASA\/Scott Kelly<\/strong><\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<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\/2015\/12\/lindgren-phones-home.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1392\" height=\"1050\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/lindgren-phones-home.png?w=1392\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"NASA astronaut Kjell Lindgren\" 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\/2015\/12\/lindgren-phones-home.png 1392w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/lindgren-phones-home.png?resize=300,226 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/lindgren-phones-home.png?resize=768,579 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/lindgren-phones-home.png?resize=1024,772 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/lindgren-phones-home.png?resize=400,302 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/lindgren-phones-home.png?resize=600,453 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/lindgren-phones-home.png?resize=900,679 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/lindgren-phones-home.png?resize=1200,905 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1392px) 100vw, 1392px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">NASA astronaut Kjell Lindgren makes his first call home after landing in a Soyuz TMA-17M in Kazakhstan Dec. 11, 2015 after his 141-day mission aboard the International Space Station. <strong>Credits: NASA TV<\/strong><\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Expedition 45 Flight Engineer Kjell Lindgren of NASA is among three crew members who returned to Earth Friday after a 141-day mission aboard the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/station\">International Space Station<\/a>, landing in Kazakhstan at approximately 8:12 a.m. EST (7:12 p.m. Kazakhstan time).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also returning were Flight Engineers Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos (Russian Federal Space Agency) and Kimiya Yui of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). The crew touched down northeast of the remote town of Dzhezkazgan in Kazakhstan, marking the first crew landing to occur after sunset and only the sixth nighttime Soyuz spacecraft return from the space station.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With the end of this mission, Kononenko now has spent 533 days in space, and Lindgren and Yui, both on their first flight, have spent 141 days in space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While on station, the crew members participated in Earth observations and conducted research in the areas of physical, biological and molecular science to advance knowledge and demonstrate new technologies. Such investigations enable research breakthroughs and drive technology innovations that provide benefits on Earth, and will enable long-duration human and robotic exploration missions into deep space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The space station is a test bed to demonstrate new technologies, and Lindgren and Yui took part in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission_pages\/station\/research\/news\/meals_ready_to_eat\">Veggie plant growth<\/a> experiment that yielded fresh lettuce for crew consumption in August. NASA is maturing Veggie technology aboard the space station to provide future pioneers with a sustainable food supplement \u2014 a critical part of NASA\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/content\/nasas-journey-to-mars\">journey to Mars.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As NASA moves toward long-duration exploration missions farther into the solar system, Veggie will be a resource for crew food growth and consumption. The system also could be used by astronauts for recreational gardening activities during deep space missions and may have implications for improving growth and biomass production on Earth, benefiting the average citizen. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another key research area during Expedition 45 is the continued <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/1ym\/research\">one-year mission<\/a> with NASA astronaut Scott Kelly and Roscosmos\u2019 Mikhail Kornienko that is providing insight into human health management for long-duration space travel<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The crew members also welcomed three cargo spacecraft during their mission. The fifth Japanese HTV cargo craft brought several tons of supplies to the station in August, and in October, a Russian ISS Progress cargo craft docked to the station, also bringing tons of supplies. On Dec. 9, Lindgren led the grapple of Orbital ATK\u2019s Cygnus spacecraft to the station, the U.S. company\u2019s fourth commercial resupply mission for NASA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During his time on the orbiting complex, Lindgren ventured outside the confines of the space station for two planned spacewalks. The first included a variety of station upgrade and maintenance tasks, including routing cables to prepare for new docking ports for U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/commercialcrew\">commercial crew spacecraft<\/a>. The second spacewalk resulted in the successful reconfiguration of a space station ammonia cooling system. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Expedition 46 continues operating the station, with Kelly in command. Along with Kornienko and Sergey Volkov of Roscosmos, the three-person crew will operate the station for four days until the arrival of three new crew members. NASA astronaut Tim Kopra, Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko and Tim Peake of ESA (European Space Agency) are scheduled to launch from Baikonur, Kazakhstan, on Dec. 15.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information about the space station, including media resources, visit:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/station <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For breaking news and features, follow the station on Twitter:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a class=\"twitter-timeline\" data-width=\"500\" data-height=\"750\" data-dnt=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Space_Station?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"noopener\">Tweets by Space_Station<\/a><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>-end-<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Stephanie Schierholz<br \/>\nHeadquarters, Washington<br \/>\n202-358-1100<br \/>\nstephanie.schierholz@nasa.gov<br \/>\nDan Huot<br \/>\nJohnson Space Center, Houston<br \/>\n281-483-5111<br \/>\ndaniel.g.huot@nasa.gov<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Expedition 45 Flight Engineer Kjell Lindgren of NASA is among three crew members who returned to Earth Friday after a 141-day mission aboard the International Space Station, landing in Kazakhstan at approximately 8:12 a.m. EST (7:12 p.m. Kazakhstan time). 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