{"id":55450,"date":"2020-01-29T20:36:00","date_gmt":"2020-01-30T00:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?migration=converted-node-457779"},"modified":"2023-07-26T15:30:23","modified_gmt":"2023-07-26T19:30:23","slug":"nasa-tv-to-air-landing-of-record-setting-astronaut-christina-koch-crewmates","status":"publish","type":"press-release","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/news-release\/nasa-tv-to-air-landing-of-record-setting-astronaut-christina-koch-crewmates\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA TV to Air Landing of Record-Setting Astronaut Christina Koch, Crewmates"},"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\/01\/48348350717_687f5ef486_k.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/48348350717_687f5ef486_k.jpg?w=2048\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"The Soyuz MS-13 crew spacecraft is seen as it approached the International Space Station for docking\" 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\/01\/48348350717_687f5ef486_k.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/48348350717_687f5ef486_k.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/48348350717_687f5ef486_k.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/48348350717_687f5ef486_k.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/48348350717_687f5ef486_k.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/48348350717_687f5ef486_k.jpg?resize=400,267 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/48348350717_687f5ef486_k.jpg?resize=600,400 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/48348350717_687f5ef486_k.jpg?resize=900,600 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/48348350717_687f5ef486_k.jpg?resize=1200,800 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/48348350717_687f5ef486_k.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-13 crew spacecraft is seen as it approached the International Space Station for docking on the 50th anniversary of NASA landing humans on the Moon for the first time. The Soyuz will return Expedition 61 crew members NASA astronaut Christina Koch, station Commander Luca Parmitano of ESA (European Space Agency), and Soyuz commander Alexander Skvortsov of Roscosmos to Earth Feb. 6. <strong>Credits: NASA<\/strong><\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Editor\u2019s Note: On Feb. 5 the landing time was updated to 4:12 a.m. EST.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NASA astronaut <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/astronauts\/biographies\/christina-h-koch\">Christina Koch<\/a>, who has spent more time in space on a single mission than any other woman, is scheduled to return to Earth on Thursday, Feb. 6, along with two of her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission_pages\/station\/main\/index.html\">International Space Station<\/a> crewmates.<br>\nKoch, along with station Commander Luca Parmitano of ESA (European Space Agency), and Soyuz commander Alexander Skvortsov of the Russian space agency Roscosmos will depart the station Feb. 6 in a Soyuz spacecraft that will make a parachute-assisted landing at 4:12 a.m. EST southeast of Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan (3:12 p.m. Kazakhstan time).<br>\nLive coverage of their return will begin at 9 p.m. EST Wednesday, Feb. 5, on NASA Television and the agency\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/live\">website<\/a>. Landing coverage will begin at 3 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 6.<br>\nKoch, who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/press-release\/nasa-astronauts-hague-koch-arrive-safely-at-space-station\">launched<\/a> in March 2019 with NASA astronaut <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/astronauts\/biographies\/tyler-nick-hague\">Nick Hague<\/a> and Russian cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin, is wrapping up a 328-day mission on her first flight into space. Koch\u2019s extended mission will provide researchers the opportunity to observe effects of long-duration spaceflight on a woman as the agency plans to return to the Moon under the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/artemis\">Artemis program<\/a> and prepare for human exploration of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/moontomars\">Mars<\/a>.<br>\nKoch will have spanned 5,248 orbits of the Earth \u2013 a journey of 139 million miles, roughly the equivalent of 291 round trips to the Moon. She conducted six spacewalks during her 11 months on orbit, spending 42 hours and 15 minutes outside the station. She witnessed the arrival of a dozen visiting vehicles and the departure of another dozen. After landing, she will have completed the second longest single spaceflight by a U.S. astronaut after retired astronaut Scott Kelly, placing her seventh on the list of American space travelers with the most time in space.<br>\nParmitano and Skvortsov will land after 201 days in space, having <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/press-release\/nasa-astronaut-andrew-morgan-crewmates-arrive-at-space-station-on-50th-anniversary-of\">launched<\/a> with NASA\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/astronauts\/biographies\/andrew-r-morgan\">Andrew Morgan<\/a> last July. Morgan will remain on the station until his return to Earth on April 17. Parmitano and Skvortsov will have completed 3,216 orbits of Earth and 85.2 million miles at landing.<br>\nCompleting his second mission, Parmitano will have logged a total of 367 days in space, more than any ESA astronaut in history. Skvortsov is completing his third mission and a total of 546 days in space, good for 15th place on the all-time spaceflight endurance list.<br>\nAfter preliminary medical evaluations, the crew will return to the recovery staging city in Karaganda, Kazakhstan, aboard Russian helicopters. Koch and Parmitano will board a NASA plane bound for Cologne, Germany, where Parmitano will be greeted by ESA officials before Koch proceeds home to Houston. Skvortsov will board a Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center aircraft to return to his home in Star City, Russia.<br>\nAt the time of undocking, Expedition 62 formally begins aboard the station, with NASA astronauts <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/astronauts\/biographies\/meir-u-jessica\">Jessica Meir<\/a> and Morgan as flight engineers and Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos as station commander. They will remain on board the orbital outpost until early April, when NASA astronaut <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/astronauts\/biographies\/christopher-j-cassidy\">Chris Cassidy<\/a> and Russian cosmonauts Nikolai Tikhonov and Andrei Babkin will launch to the station.<br>\nFull NASA TV coverage is as follows (all times Eastern):<br>\n<b>Wednesday, Feb. 5:<\/b><br>\n8:30 a.m.: Space station change of command ceremony, during which Parmitano will hand over command to crewmate Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos<br>\n9 p.m.: Farewell and Soyuz hatch closure coverage (hatch closure at 9:25 p.m.)<br>\n<b>Thursday, Feb. 6:<\/b><br>\n12:15 a.m.: Soyuz undocking coverage (undocking scheduled for 12:50 a.m.)<br>\n3 a.m.: Soyuz deorbit burn and landing coverage (deorbit burn at 3:18 a.m. and landing at 4:12 a.m.)<br>\nWatch Koch\u2019s most memorable moments from her record-breaking mission at:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/go.nasa.gov\/36E40MZ\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Get breaking news, images and features from the space station on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/iss\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ISS\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Space_Station\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/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 \/>\nCourtney Beasley<br \/>\nJohnson Space Center, Houston<br \/>\n281-483-5111<br \/>\ncourtney.m.beasley@nasa.gov<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Editor\u2019s Note: On Feb. 5 the landing time was updated to 4:12 a.m. EST. NASA astronaut Christina Koch, who has spent more time in space on a single mission than any other woman, is scheduled to return to Earth on Thursday, Feb. 6, along with two of her International Space Station crewmates. 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