{"id":52130,"date":"2018-06-03T12:50:00","date_gmt":"2018-06-03T16:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?migration=converted-node-425553"},"modified":"2023-07-26T15:09:21","modified_gmt":"2023-07-26T19:09:21","slug":"nasa-astronaut-crewmates-safely-return-to-earth-from-space-station","status":"publish","type":"press-release","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/news-release\/nasa-astronaut-crewmates-safely-return-to-earth-from-space-station\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA Astronaut, Crewmates Safely Return to Earth from Space Station"},"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\/2018\/06\/18-047d.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"531\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/18-047d.jpg?w=2048\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"NASA astronaut Scott Tingle, cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov of Roscosmos and JAXA astronaut Norishige Kanai\" 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\/2018\/06\/18-047d.jpg 4000w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/18-047d.jpg?resize=300,78 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/18-047d.jpg?resize=768,199 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/18-047d.jpg?resize=1024,265 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/18-047d.jpg?resize=1536,398 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/18-047d.jpg?resize=2048,531 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/18-047d.jpg?resize=400,104 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/18-047d.jpg?resize=600,156 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/18-047d.jpg?resize=900,233 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/18-047d.jpg?resize=1200,311 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/18-047d.jpg?resize=2000,519 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\">After 168 days of living and working in low-Earth orbit, three members of the International Space Station Expedition 55 crew \u2013 NASA astronaut Scott Tingle, cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov of the Russian space agency Roscosmos and astronaut Norishige Kanai of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency \u2013 return to Earth Sunday, June 3, 2018, landing at 8:39 a.m. EDT (6:39 p.m. in Kazakhstan) southeast of the remote town of Dzhezkazgan in Kazakhstan. <strong>Credits: NASA Television<\/strong><\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Three members of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/station\" rel=\"noopener\">International Space Station<\/a> Expedition 55 crew, including NASA astronaut <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/astronauts\/biographies\/scott-d-tingle\" rel=\"noopener\">Scott Tingle<\/a>, returned to Earth Sunday after 168 days of living and working in low-Earth orbit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tingle, astronaut Norishige Kanai of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, and cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov of the Russian space agency Roscosmos landed at 8:39 a.m. EDT (6:39 p.m. in Kazakhstan) southeast of the remote town of Dzhezkazgan in Kazakhstan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This mission was the first for Tingle and Kanai, and Shkaplerov now has logged 532 days in space on three flights. The crew completed hundreds of experiments, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission_pages\/station\/research\/experiments\/explorer\/Facility.html?#id=7515\" rel=\"noopener\">materials testing<\/a>, a study of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission_pages\/station\/research\/experiments\/explorer\/Investigation.html?#id=1673\" rel=\"noopener\">the effect of microgravity on the bone marrow<\/a> and research into <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission_pages\/station\/research\/experiments\/explorer\/Investigation.html?#id=7581\" rel=\"noopener\">plant growth in space<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They also welcomed four <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/feature\/visiting-vehicle-launches-arrivals-and-departures\" rel=\"noopener\">cargo spacecraft<\/a> delivering several tons of supplies and experiments. A SpaceX Dragon spacecraft arrived at the station in December, followed by another Dragon in April and Orbital ATK\u2019s Cygnus resupply spacecraft in May. A Russian Progress cargo craft arrived at the station in February.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tingle and Kanai ventured outside the station on separate spacewalks to perform work on parts of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission_pages\/station\/structure\/elements\/mss.html\" rel=\"noopener\">Canadarm2<\/a> robotic arm. They also participated in dozens of educational events as part of NASA\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/audience\/foreducators\/stem-on-station\/year-of-education.html\" rel=\"noopener\">Year of Education on Station<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shkaplerov conducted a record-setting spacewalk in February with fellow cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin to replace an electronics box for a communications antenna on the Zvezda service module. The spacewalk timed out at 8 hours and 13 minutes \u2013 the longest in Russian space program history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Expedition 56 crew \u2013 Commander <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/astronauts\/biographies\/andrew-j-feustel\" rel=\"noopener\">Drew Feustel<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/astronauts\/biographies\/richard-r-arnold\" rel=\"noopener\">Ricky Arnold<\/a> of NASA, and Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos \u2013 will operate the station and prepare for the arrival of three new crew members on Friday, June 8. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/astronauts\/biographies\/serena-m-aunon-chancellor\" rel=\"noopener\">Serena Au\u00f1\u00f3n-Chancellor<\/a> of NASA, Alexander Gerst of ESA (European Space Agency), and Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos are scheduled to launch Wednesday, June 6, from Baikonur, Kazakhstan. NASA Television will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/press-release\/nasa-television-to-air-return-of-one-space-station-crew-launch-of-another\" rel=\"noopener\">broadcast the launch and docking<\/a> to the space station.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Get breaking news, images and features from the International Space Station on social media at:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/instagram.com\/iss\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>and<\/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\n<p>Kathryn Hambleton<br>\nHeadquarters, Washington<br>\n202-358-1100<br>\nkathryn.hambleton@nasa.gov<br>\nGary Jordan<br>\nJohnson Space Center, Houston<br>\n281-483-5111<br>\ngary.j.jordan@nasa.gov<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three members of the International Space Station Expedition 55 crew, including NASA astronaut Scott Tingle, returned to Earth Sunday after 168 days of living and working in low-Earth orbit. Tingle, astronaut Norishige Kanai of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, and cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov of the Russian space agency Roscosmos landed at 8:39 a.m. EDT (6:39 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":54002,"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":"18-047","hds_migrate_meta_pr_release_type":"RELEASE","nasa_hds_core_meta_location_x":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_location_y":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_gallery_images":[]},"categories":[8361,8362,2656,2735,2861,2867],"news-tags":[12345],"internal-terms":[9514,9508],"coauthors":[],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"NASA Astronaut, Crewmates Safely Return to Earth from Space Station","url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/news-release\/nasa-astronaut-crewmates-safely-return-to-earth-from-space-station\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/news-release\/nasa-astronaut-crewmates-safely-return-to-earth-from-space-station\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/18-047d.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/18-047d.jpg"},"articleSection":"Missions","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","Expedition 55","Expedition 56","Humans in Space","International Space Station (ISS)","Johnson Space Center"],"dateCreated":"2018-06-03T16:50:00Z","datePublished":"2018-06-03T16:50:00Z","dateModified":"2023-07-26T19:09:21Z"},"rendered":"<meta name=\"parsely-title\" content=\"NASA Astronaut, Crewmates Safely Return to Earth from Space Station\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-link\" content=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/news-release\/nasa-astronaut-crewmates-safely-return-to-earth-from-space-station\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-type\" content=\"post\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-image-url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/18-047d.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-pub-date\" content=\"2018-06-03T16:50:00Z\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-section\" content=\"Missions\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-tags\" content=\"NASA Centers & Facilities,NASA Headquarters,Expedition 55,Expedition 56,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":3,"featured_image":{"id":54002,"file":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/18-047d.jpg","title":"18-047d","alt":"NASA astronaut Scott Tingle, cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov of Roscosmos and JAXA astronaut Norishige Kanai","caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press-release\/52130"}],"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\/52130\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":369984,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press-release\/52130\/revisions\/369984"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54002"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52130"},{"taxonomy":"news-tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-tags?post=52130"},{"taxonomy":"internal-terms","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/internal-terms?post=52130"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=52130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}