{"id":51720,"date":"2020-10-15T15:41:00","date_gmt":"2020-10-15T19:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?migration=converted-node-465508"},"modified":"2023-07-26T16:01:14","modified_gmt":"2023-07-26T20:01:14","slug":"landing-coverage-set-for-nasa-astronaut-chris-cassidy-space-station-crew","status":"publish","type":"press-release","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/news-release\/landing-coverage-set-for-nasa-astronaut-chris-cassidy-space-station-crew\/","title":{"rendered":"Landing Coverage Set for NASA Astronaut Chris Cassidy, Space Station Crew"},"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\/2020\/10\/49784242052_40d3cb8fdf_k_0.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/49784242052_40d3cb8fdf_k_0.jpg?w=2048\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"The Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft is seen as it lands .\" 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\/2020\/10\/49784242052_40d3cb8fdf_k_0.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/49784242052_40d3cb8fdf_k_0.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/49784242052_40d3cb8fdf_k_0.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/49784242052_40d3cb8fdf_k_0.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/49784242052_40d3cb8fdf_k_0.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/49784242052_40d3cb8fdf_k_0.jpg?resize=400,267 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/49784242052_40d3cb8fdf_k_0.jpg?resize=600,400 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/49784242052_40d3cb8fdf_k_0.jpg?resize=900,600 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/49784242052_40d3cb8fdf_k_0.jpg?resize=1200,800 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/49784242052_40d3cb8fdf_k_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\">The Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft is seen as it lands in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan with Expedition 62 crew members Jessica Meir and Drew Morgan of NASA, and Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos, Friday, April 17, 2020. Meir and Skripochka returned after 205 days in space, and Morgan after 272 days in space. All three served as Expedition 60-61-62 crew members onboard the International Space Station. <strong>Credits: NASA\/GCTC\/Andrey Shelepin<\/strong><\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>NASA will provide live coverage of the return to Earth for agency astronaut <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/astronauts\/biographies\/christopher-j-cassidy\">Chris Cassidy<\/a> and two Russian cosmonauts Wednesday, Oct. 21, after six months aboard the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission_pages\/station\/\">International Space Station<\/a>. Complete coverage of the return will be available on NASA TV and the agency\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/nasalive\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cassidy, the Expedition 63 commander, and cosmonauts Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner of Roscosmos, will close the hatch to their Soyuz MS-16 spacecraft at 4:10 p.m. EDT Wednesday. Their Soyuz will undock at 7:32 p.m. from the Poisk module\u2019s space-facing port. A parachute-assisted landing is set for 10:55 p.m. EDT (8:55 a.m. Oct. 22 Kazakhstan time) southeast of the remote town of Dzhezkazgan on the steppe of Kazakhstan. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NASA TV coverage of crew farewells and hatch closing will begin at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday. Undocking coverage will begin at 7 p.m., and Soyuz deorbit burn and landing coverage at 9:30 p.m <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Tuesday, Oct. 20, Cassidy will hand over station command to newly arrived cosmonaut Sergey Ryzhikov of Roscosmos in a change of command ceremony that will be broadcast live at 4:15 p.m. on NASA TV.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The three crew members will wrap up a 196-day mission spanning 3,136 orbits of Earth and 83 million miles. Cassidy is completing his third flight for a total of 378 days in space, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/feature\/nasa-station-astronaut-record-holders\">fifth highest total<\/a> among U.S. astronauts. Ivanishin is completing his third flight into space, totaling 476 days. This was Vagner\u2019s first spaceflight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After landing, the crew will return by Russian helicopters to the recovery staging city in Karaganda, Kazakhstan. From there, Cassidy will board a NASA plane for a flight back to Houston, while Ivanishin and Vagner will board a Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center aircraft and return to their homes in Star City, Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the time of undocking, Expedition 64 will begin aboard the station, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/astronauts\/biographies\/kathleen-rubins\/biography\">Kate Rubins<\/a> of NASA, new station commander Ryzhikov and cosmonaut Sergey Kud-Sverchkov of Roscosmos comprising a three-person station crew until the arrival of the <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.nasa.gov\/commercialcrew\/2020\/10\/10\/nasa-spacex-crew-1-launch-update\/\" rel=\"noopener\">SpaceX Crew-1<\/a> mission targeted to launch in November. NASA astronauts <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/astronauts\/biographies\/michael-s-hopkins\">Michael Hopkins<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/astronauts\/biographies\/victor-j-glover\">Victor Glover<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/astronauts\/biographies\/walker-shannon\">Shannon Walker<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/iss.jaxa.jp\/en\/astro\/biographies\/noguchi\/index.html\" rel=\"noopener\">Soichi Noguchi<\/a> of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, will launch on the first long-duration commercial crew mission to the station.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During their expedition, Cassidy, Ivanishin, and Vagner welcomed the arrival of NASA astronauts <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/astronauts\/biographies\/robert-l-behnken\">Robert Behnken<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/astronauts\/biographies\/douglas-g-hurley\">Douglas Hurley<\/a> on NASA\u2019s SpaceX Demo-2 mission,<b> <\/b>the first crewed flight of a commercial spacecraft and the first launch of humans from American soil to the space station since the final space shuttle flight in 2011. During their time aboard, Behnken joined Cassidy for four battery-replacement spacewalks outside the orbiting complex, switching aging nickel-hydrogen batteries with new lithium-ion batteries. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cassidy worked on many research experiments during his time aboard the orbiting laboratory, including the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission_pages\/station\/research\/experiments\/explorer\/Investigation.html?#id=8265\">Onco-Selectors<\/a> experiment, which arrived at the space station on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/press-release\/nasa-science-cargo-heads-to-space-station-on-northrop-grumman-resupply-mission\">Northrop Grumman\u2019s 14th commercial resupply mission<\/a> earlier this month. The Onco-Selectors investigation leverages microgravity to identify targeted cancer therapies. He also contributed to research on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission_pages\/station\/research\/experiments\/explorer\/Investigation.html?#id=7541\">Droplet Formation Study<\/a>, which evaluates water droplet formation and water flow, and worked with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission_pages\/station\/research\/experiments\/explorer\/Facility.html?#id=1891\">Astrobee<\/a> cube-shaped, free-flying robots being tested for use as astronaut assistants for routine duties.<\/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>-end-<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Stephanie Schierholz<br \/>\nHeadquarters, Washington<br \/>\n202-358-1100<br \/>\nstephanie.schierholz@nasa.gov<br \/>\nLeah Cheshier<br \/>\nJohnson Space Center, Houston<br \/>\n281-483-5111<br \/>\nleah.d.cheshier@nasa.gov<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NASA will provide live coverage of the return to Earth for agency astronaut Chris Cassidy and two Russian cosmonauts Wednesday, Oct. 21, after six months aboard the International Space Station. Complete coverage of the return will be available on NASA TV and the agency\u2019s website. Cassidy, the Expedition 63 commander, and cosmonauts Anatoly Ivanishin and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":53515,"template":"","meta":{"nasa_hds_core_meta_l10n":"en-US","nasa_hds_core_meta_article_editor":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_article_contacts":[],"nasa_hds_core_meta_article_topic":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_linked_locations":[],"nasa_hds_core_meta_article_related_articles":[],"hds_migrate_meta_pr_release_id":"M20-115","hds_migrate_meta_pr_release_type":"MEDIA ADVISORY","nasa_hds_core_meta_location_x":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_location_y":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_gallery_images":[]},"categories":[2800,8369,2656,2735,2861,2867],"news-tags":[12372],"internal-terms":[9513,9508],"coauthors":[],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Landing Coverage Set for NASA Astronaut Chris Cassidy, Space Station Crew","url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/news-release\/landing-coverage-set-for-nasa-astronaut-chris-cassidy-space-station-crew\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/news-release\/landing-coverage-set-for-nasa-astronaut-chris-cassidy-space-station-crew\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/49784242052_40d3cb8fdf_k_0.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/49784242052_40d3cb8fdf_k_0.jpg"},"articleSection":"Humans in Space","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"NASA"}],"creator":["NASA"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"NASA","logo":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/themes\/nasa\/assets\/images\/nasa-logo.svg"},"keywords":["NASA Centers & Facilities","NASA Headquarters","Astronauts","Expedition 63","Humans in Space","International Space Station (ISS)","Johnson Space Center"],"dateCreated":"2020-10-15T19:41:00Z","datePublished":"2020-10-15T19:41:00Z","dateModified":"2023-07-26T20:01:14Z"},"rendered":"<meta name=\"parsely-title\" content=\"Landing Coverage Set for NASA Astronaut Chris Cassidy, Space Station Crew\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-link\" content=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/news-release\/landing-coverage-set-for-nasa-astronaut-chris-cassidy-space-station-crew\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-type\" content=\"post\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-image-url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/49784242052_40d3cb8fdf_k_0.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-pub-date\" content=\"2020-10-15T19:41:00Z\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-section\" content=\"Humans in Space\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-tags\" content=\"NASA Centers & Facilities,NASA Headquarters,Astronauts,Expedition 63,Humans in Space,International Space Station (ISS),Johnson Space Center\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-author\" content=\"NASA\" \/>","tracker_url":"https:\/\/cdn.parsely.com\/keys\/nasa.gov\/p.js"},"read_time":4,"featured_image":{"id":53515,"file":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/49784242052_40d3cb8fdf_k_0.jpg","title":"49784242052_40d3cb8fdf_k_0","alt":"The Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft is seen as it lands .","caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press-release\/51720"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press-release"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/press-release"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press-release\/51720\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":369575,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press-release\/51720\/revisions\/369575"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53515"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51720"},{"taxonomy":"news-tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-tags?post=51720"},{"taxonomy":"internal-terms","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/internal-terms?post=51720"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=51720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}