{"id":55449,"date":"2020-04-13T14:30:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-13T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?migration=converted-node-459838"},"modified":"2023-08-17T11:10:31","modified_gmt":"2023-08-17T15:10:31","slug":"nasa-tv-to-air-landing-of-nasa-astronauts-meir-morgan-crewmate-skripochka","status":"publish","type":"press-release","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/news-release\/nasa-tv-to-air-landing-of-nasa-astronauts-meir-morgan-crewmate-skripochka\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA TV to Air Landing of NASA Astronauts Meir, Morgan, Crewmate Skripochka"},"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\/04\/49728158886_7e3acaf696_k.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/49728158886_7e3acaf696_k.jpg?w=2048\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"NASA Flight Engineers Andrew Morgan and Jessica Meir flank Expedition 62 Commander Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos\" 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\/04\/49728158886_7e3acaf696_k.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/49728158886_7e3acaf696_k.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/49728158886_7e3acaf696_k.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/49728158886_7e3acaf696_k.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/49728158886_7e3acaf696_k.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/49728158886_7e3acaf696_k.jpg?resize=400,267 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/49728158886_7e3acaf696_k.jpg?resize=600,400 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/49728158886_7e3acaf696_k.jpg?resize=900,600 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/49728158886_7e3acaf696_k.jpg?resize=1200,800 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/49728158886_7e3acaf696_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\">NASA Flight Engineers Andrew Morgan and Jessica Meir flank Expedition 62 Commander Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos for a playful portrait in the weightless environment of the International Space Station. <strong>Credits: NASA<\/strong><\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>NASA astronaut <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/astronauts\/biographies\/andrew-r-morgan\">Andrew Morgan<\/a>, who has spent nine months living and working on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission_pages\/station\/main\/index.html\">International Space Station<\/a>, will join fellow NASA astronaut <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/astronauts\/biographies\/meir-u-jessica\">Jessica Meir<\/a> and Oleg Skripochka of the Russian space agency Roscosmos for a scheduled return to Earth on Friday, April 17.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Live coverage of their Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft\u2019s undocking and station departure will begin at 6 p.m. EDT Thursday, April 16, on NASA Television and the agency\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/nasalive\">website<\/a>. Coverage of the deorbit burn and landing will begin at 12 a.m. Friday, April 17.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Soyuz and station hatches will be closed at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, April 16, and the trio will undock from the aft port of the station\u2019s Zvezda service module at 9:53 p.m. A deorbit burn at 12:22 a.m. Friday, April 17, will put the Soyuz on course for a parachute-assisted landing at 1:17 a.m. (11:17 a.m. Kazakhstan time) on the steppe of Kazakhstan, southeast of the remote town of Dzhezkazgan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A change of command ceremony, which will see newly arrived astronaut <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/astronauts\/biographies\/christopher-j-cassidy\">Chris Cassidy<\/a> of NASA accept station command from Skripochka, will air live at 4:55 p.m. Wednesday, April 15, on NASA TV and the agency\u2019s website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the time of undocking, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission_pages\/station\/expeditions\/expedition63\/index.html\">Expedition 63<\/a> will begin aboard the station, with Cassidy and Roscosmos cosmonauts Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner comprising a three-person crew until the planned arrival of NASA\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/astronauts\/biographies\/robert-l-behnken\">Bob Behnken<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/astronauts\/biographies\/douglas-g-hurley\">Doug Hurley<\/a> aboard the SpaceX Crew Dragon on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/press-release\/nasa-spacex-invite-media-to-first-crew-launch-to-station-from-america-since-2011\">Demo-2 flight test<\/a>, becoming the first astronauts to launch from American soil to the space station since 2011.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Morgan\u2019s 272-day mission began on July 20, 2019, with launch aboard the Soyuz MS-13 spacecraft, along with Luca Parmitano of ESA (European Space Agency) and Alexander Skvortsov of Roscosmos. His flight spanned Expeditions 60-62, a total of 4,352 Earth orbits and a journey of 115.3 million miles. During his first spaceflight, he 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. He also conducted seven spacewalks, totaling 45 hours and 48 minutes, four of which were to improve and extend the life of the station\u2019s Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer as it looks for evidence of dark matter in the universe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meir and Skripochka, who launched on the Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft on Sept. 25, 2019, will land with Morgan after 205 days in space, 3,280 orbits of Earth and a trip of 86.9 million miles. During her first spaceflight, Meir conducted the first three all-woman spacewalks with crewmate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/astronauts\/biographies\/christina-h-koch\">Christina Koch<\/a> of NASA, totaling 21 hours and 44 minutes. Skripochka is completing his third spaceflight for a cumulative 536 days in orbit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After landing, the crew will return by Russian helicopters to the recovery staging city in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, where they will split up. Morgan and Meir will board a NASA plane located in the adjacent city of Kyzlorda, Kazakhstan, for a flight back to Houston. Skripochka will board a Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center aircraft in Baikonur to return to his home in Star City, Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Full NASA TV coverage is as follows (all times EDT):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Wednesday, April 15:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>4:55 p.m.: Space station change of command ceremony, during which Chris Cassidy will accept command from crewmate Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Thursday, April 16:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>6 p.m.: Farewell and Soyuz hatch closure coverage (hatch closure at 6:30 p.m.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>9:30 p.m.: Soyuz undocking coverage (undocking scheduled for 9:53 p.m.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Friday, April 17:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>12 a.m.: Soyuz deorbit burn and landing coverage (deorbit burn at 12:22 a.m. and landing at 1:17 a.m.)<\/p>\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>NASA astronaut Andrew Morgan, who has spent nine months living and working on the International Space Station, will join fellow NASA astronaut Jessica Meir and Oleg Skripochka of the Russian space agency Roscosmos for a scheduled return to Earth on Friday, April 17. 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