{"id":55687,"date":"2020-02-06T09:29:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-06T14:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?migration=converted-node-457976"},"modified":"2023-09-18T14:32:14","modified_gmt":"2023-09-18T18:32:14","slug":"record-setting-nasa-astronaut-crewmates-return-from-space-station","status":"publish","type":"press-release","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/news-release\/record-setting-nasa-astronaut-crewmates-return-from-space-station\/","title":{"rendered":"Record-Setting NASA Astronaut, Crewmates Return 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\/2020\/02\/nhq202002060007.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1359\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/nhq202002060007.jpg?w=2048\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"NASA astronaut Christina Koch is helped out of the Soyuz capsule after returning from the space station on Feb. 6, 2020.\" 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\/02\/nhq202002060007.jpg 4500w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/nhq202002060007.jpg?resize=300,199 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/nhq202002060007.jpg?resize=768,510 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/nhq202002060007.jpg?resize=1024,680 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/nhq202002060007.jpg?resize=1536,1020 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/nhq202002060007.jpg?resize=2048,1359 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/nhq202002060007.jpg?resize=400,266 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/nhq202002060007.jpg?resize=600,398 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/nhq202002060007.jpg?resize=900,597 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/nhq202002060007.jpg?resize=1200,797 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/nhq202002060007.jpg?resize=2000,1328 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\">NASA astronaut Christina Koch is helped out of the Soyuz MS-13 spacecraft just minutes after she, Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Skvortsov, and ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano, landed their Soyuz MS-13 capsule in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Thursday, Feb. 6, 2020. Koch returned to Earth after logging 328 days in space \u2014 the longest spaceflight in history by a woman \u2014 as a member of Expeditions 59-60-61 on the International Space Station. Skvortsov and Parmitano returned after 201 days in space where they served as Expedition 60-61 crew members onboard the station. <strong>Credits: NASA\/Bill Ingalls<\/strong><\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>After setting a record for the longest single spaceflight in history by a woman, NASA astronaut <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/astronauts\/biographies\/christina-h-koch\">Christina Koch<\/a> returned to Earth Thursday, along with Soyuz Commander Alexander Skvortsov of the Russian space agency Roscosmos and Luca Parmitano of ESA (European Space Agency).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The trio departed the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/station\">International Space Station<\/a> at 12:50 a.m. EST and made a safe, parachute-assisted landing at 4:12 a.m. (3:12 p.m. Kazakhstan time) southeast of the remote town of Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>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 humans 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>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Koch <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/press-release\/nasa-astronauts-hague-koch-arrive-safely-at-space-station\">launched<\/a> March 14, 2019, alongside fellow NASA astronaut <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/astronauts\/biographies\/tyler-nick-hague\">Nick Hague<\/a> and Russian cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin. Her first journey into space of 328 days is the second-longest single spaceflight by a U.S. astronaut and also places her seventh on the list of cumulative time in space for American astronauts with one or more missions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Supporting NASA\u2019s goals for future human landings on the Moon, Koch completed 5,248 orbits of the Earth and a journey of 139 million miles, roughly the equivalent of 291 trips to the Moon and back. She conducted six spacewalks during 11 months on orbit, including the first three all-woman spacewalks, spending 42 hours and 15 minutes outside the station. She witnessed the arrival of a dozen visiting spacecraft and the departure of another dozen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For Parmitano and Skvortsov, this landing completed a 201-day stay in space, 3,216 orbits of Earth and a journey of 85.2 million miles. They <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/press-release\/nasa-astronaut-andrew-morgan-crewmates-arrive-at-space-station-on-50th-anniversary-of\">launched last July<\/a> with NASA\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/astronauts\/biographies\/andrew-r-morgan\">Andrew Morgan<\/a>. Morgan also is participating in an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/feature\/a-look-at-the-science-ahead-for-christina-koch-and-andrew-morgan\">extended duration mission<\/a> on the orbiting laboratory and will return to Earth April 17.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Completing his second mission, Parmitano now has logged 367 days in space, more than any ESA astronaut in history. During his time in space for Expeditions 60 and 61, Parmitano conducted four spacewalks, totaling 25 hours and 30 minutes. He has now conducted six spacewalks in his career, totaling 33 hours and 9 minutes. Parmitano was commander of Expedition 61.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Skvortsov completed his third mission and a total of 546 days in space, placing him 15th on the all-time spaceflight endurance list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following post-landing medical checks, 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 for his return home. Koch will continue home to Houston. Skvortsov will board a Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center aircraft to return to his home in Star City, Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/exp-61-summary.pdf?emrc=f3eda7\">Expedition 61<\/a> crew contributed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission_pages\/station\/research\/overview.html\">to hundreds of experiments<\/a> in biology, Earth science, human research, physical sciences and technology development, including improvements to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission_pages\/station\/research\/experiments\/explorer\/Investigation.html?#id=729\">Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer<\/a> in an effort to extend its life and support its mission of looking for evidence of dark matter and testing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission_pages\/station\/research\/experiments\/explorer\/Facility.html?#id=7599\">3D biological printers<\/a> to print organ-like tissues in microgravity. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With the undocking of the Soyuz MS-13 spacecraft with Koch, Skvortsov, and Parmitano aboard, Expedition 62 officially began 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 as a three-person crew 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To learn more about the science Koch\u2019s mission enabled, access video and images from her mission, and read her expectations for her readjustment to Earth, visit:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/press-release\/nasa-astronaut-s-record-setting-mission-helps-scientists-for-future-missions\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>-end-<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Stephanie Schierholz\u200b<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>After setting a record for the longest single spaceflight in history by a woman, NASA astronaut Christina Koch returned to Earth Thursday, along with Soyuz Commander Alexander Skvortsov of the Russian space agency Roscosmos and Luca Parmitano of ESA (European Space Agency). The trio departed the International Space Station at 12:50 a.m. EST and made [...]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":58037,"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":"20-012","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":[2800,8367,8368,2735,2861,2867],"news-tags":[12372],"internal-terms":[12725,3915,11518,9514,9508],"coauthors":[3854],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Record-Setting NASA Astronaut, Crewmates Return from Space Station","url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/news-release\/record-setting-nasa-astronaut-crewmates-return-from-space-station\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/news-release\/record-setting-nasa-astronaut-crewmates-return-from-space-station\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/nhq202002060007.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/nhq202002060007.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 61","Expedition 62","International Space Station (ISS)","Johnson Space Center"],"dateCreated":"2020-02-06T14:29:00Z","datePublished":"2020-02-06T14:29:00Z","dateModified":"2023-09-18T18:32:14Z"},"rendered":"<meta name=\"parsely-title\" content=\"Record-Setting NASA Astronaut, Crewmates Return from Space Station\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-link\" content=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/news-release\/record-setting-nasa-astronaut-crewmates-return-from-space-station\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-type\" content=\"post\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-image-url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/nhq202002060007.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-pub-date\" content=\"2020-02-06T14:29:00Z\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-section\" content=\"Humans in Space\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-tags\" content=\"NASA Centers & Facilities,NASA Headquarters,Astronauts,Expedition 61,Expedition 62,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":58037,"file":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/nhq202002060007.jpg","title":"Expedition 61 Soyuz Landing","alt":"NASA astronaut Christina Koch is helped out of the Soyuz capsule after returning from the space station on Feb. 6, 2020.","caption":"NASA astronaut Christina Koch is helped out of the Soyuz MS-13 spacecraft just minutes after she, Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Skvortsov, and ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano, landed their Soyuz MS-13 capsule in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Thursday, Feb. 6, 2020. 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