{"id":55389,"date":"2015-12-04T18:07:00","date_gmt":"2015-12-04T22:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?migration=converted-node-374883"},"modified":"2023-07-26T14:47:47","modified_gmt":"2023-07-26T18:47:47","slug":"nasa-to-televise-return-of-three-space-station-crew-members","status":"publish","type":"press-release","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/news-release\/nasa-to-televise-return-of-three-space-station-crew-members\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA to Televise Return of Three Space Station Crew Members"},"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\/m15-168-exp45.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/m15-168-exp45.jpg?w=1000\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"Expedition 45 crew members Kjell Lindgren of NASA, Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos and Kimiya Yui of JAXA\" 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\/m15-168-exp45.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/m15-168-exp45.jpg?resize=300,169 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/m15-168-exp45.jpg?resize=768,432 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/m15-168-exp45.jpg?resize=400,225 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/m15-168-exp45.jpg?resize=600,338 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/m15-168-exp45.jpg?resize=900,507 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" loading=\"eager\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">Expedition 45 Flight Engineers Kjell Lindgren of NASA, Oleg Kononenko of the Russian Federal Space Agency and Kimiya Yui of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency will return Dec. 11 from a six-month mission aboard the International Space Station. <strong>Credits: NASA<\/strong><\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>NASA Television will provide complete coverage Friday, Dec. 11 of the departure of three crew members from the International Space Station and their return to Earth beginning at 1 a.m. EST.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Expedition 45 Flight Engineers Kjell Lindgren of NASA, Oleg Kononenko of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) and Kimiya Yui of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency will undock their Soyuz TMA-17M spacecraft from the space station at 4:49 a.m. The crew members will land in Kazakhstan at 8:12 a.m. (7:12 p.m. Kazakhstan time). Their return will wrap up 141 days in space since their launch in late July.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Activities and NASA TV coverage are as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>1 a.m. \u2013 Farewell and hatch closure coverage (hatch closure scheduled at 1:25 a.m.)<\/li><li>4:30 a.m. \u2013 Undocking coverage (undocking scheduled at 4:49 a.m.)<\/li><li>7 a.m. \u2013 Deorbit burn and landing coverage (deorbit burn scheduled at 7:19 a.m., with landing at 8:12 a.m.)<\/li><li>10 a.m. \u2013 Video file of hatch closure, undocking and landing activities<\/li><li>9 p.m. \u2013 Video file of landing and post-landing activities and post-landing interviews with Lindgren and Yui in Kazakhstan<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>At the time of undocking, Expedition 46 will begin aboard the station under the continued command of NASA astronaut Scott Kelly. Along with his crewmates Mikhail 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 Tuesday, Dec. 15.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kelly and Kornienko are spending <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/content\/one-year-crew\" rel=\"noopener\">one year in space<\/a>, twice the typical mission duration, to provide researchers the opportunity to advance their knowledge of the medical, psychological and biomedical challenges faced by astronauts during long-duration spaceflight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a class=\"dp-migrated-file\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/np-2015-12-043-jsc-exp-46-summary.pdf?emrc=964333\">Expedition 46 Mission Summary<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For the NASA TV streaming video and schedule, visit:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/nasatv<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information about the International Space Station, visit:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/station<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>-end-<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cheryl Warner<br>\nHeadquarters, Washington<br>\n202-358-1100<br>\ncheryl.m.warner@nasa.gov<br>\nDan Huot<br>\nJohnson Space Center, Houston<br>\n281-483-5111<br>\ndaniel.g.huot@nasa.gov<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NASA Television will provide complete coverage Friday, Dec. 11 of the departure of three crew members from the International Space Station and their return to Earth beginning at 1 a.m. EST. Expedition 45 Flight Engineers Kjell Lindgren of NASA, Oleg Kononenko of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) and Kimiya Yui of the Japan Aerospace […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":58787,"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":"M15-168","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":[3144,2735,2867],"news-tags":[12350],"internal-terms":[9514,9508],"coauthors":[],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"NASA to Televise Return of Three Space Station Crew Members","url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/news-release\/nasa-to-televise-return-of-three-space-station-crew-members\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/news-release\/nasa-to-televise-return-of-three-space-station-crew-members\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/m15-168-exp45.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/m15-168-exp45.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 45","International Space Station (ISS)"],"dateCreated":"2015-12-04T22:07:00Z","datePublished":"2015-12-04T22:07:00Z","dateModified":"2023-07-26T18:47:47Z"},"rendered":"<meta name=\"parsely-title\" content=\"NASA to Televise Return of Three Space Station Crew Members\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-link\" content=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/news-release\/nasa-to-televise-return-of-three-space-station-crew-members\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-type\" content=\"post\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-image-url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/m15-168-exp45.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-pub-date\" content=\"2015-12-04T22:07:00Z\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-section\" content=\"Missions\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-tags\" content=\"NASA Centers & Facilities,NASA Headquarters,Expedition 45,International Space Station (ISS)\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-author\" content=\"NASA\" \/>","tracker_url":"https:\/\/cdn.parsely.com\/keys\/nasa.gov\/p.js"},"read_time":2,"featured_image":{"id":58787,"file":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/m15-168-exp45.jpg","title":"m15-168-exp45","alt":"Expedition 45 crew members Kjell Lindgren of NASA, Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos and Kimiya Yui of JAXA","caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press-release\/55389"}],"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\/55389\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":370533,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press-release\/55389\/revisions\/370533"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58787"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55389"},{"taxonomy":"news-tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-tags?post=55389"},{"taxonomy":"internal-terms","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/internal-terms?post=55389"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=55389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}