{"id":55463,"date":"2017-04-05T17:31:00","date_gmt":"2017-04-05T21:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?migration=converted-node-399651"},"modified":"2023-07-26T14:54:11","modified_gmt":"2023-07-26T18:54:11","slug":"nasa-tv-to-air-return-of-space-station-crew-members-to-earth-april-10","status":"publish","type":"press-release","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/news-release\/nasa-tv-to-air-return-of-space-station-crew-members-to-earth-april-10\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA TV to Air Return of Space Station Crew Members to Earth April 10"},"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\/2017\/04\/32845263954_f6e6a12f01_k.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1363\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/32845263954_f6e6a12f01_k.jpg?w=2048\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"Expedition 50 Commander Shane Kimbrough of NASA\" 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\/2017\/04\/32845263954_f6e6a12f01_k.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/32845263954_f6e6a12f01_k.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/32845263954_f6e6a12f01_k.jpg?resize=768,511 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/32845263954_f6e6a12f01_k.jpg?resize=1024,682 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/32845263954_f6e6a12f01_k.jpg?resize=1536,1022 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/32845263954_f6e6a12f01_k.jpg?resize=400,266 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/32845263954_f6e6a12f01_k.jpg?resize=600,399 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/32845263954_f6e6a12f01_k.jpg?resize=900,599 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/32845263954_f6e6a12f01_k.jpg?resize=1200,799 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/32845263954_f6e6a12f01_k.jpg?resize=2000,1331 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\">Expedition 50 Commander Shane Kimbrough of NASA and Flight Engineers Sergey Ryzhikov and Andrey Borisenko of Roscosmos will undock their Soyuz MS-02 spacecraft from the space station on April 10. <strong>Credits: NASA<\/strong><\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Three crew members aboard the International Space Station are scheduled to depart the orbiting outpost Monday, April 10. Coverage of their departure and return to Earth will air on NASA Television and the agency\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/nasatv\" rel=\"noopener\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Expedition 50 Commander Shane Kimbrough of NASA and Flight Engineers Sergey Ryzhikov and Andrey Borisenko of Roscosmos will undock their Soyuz MS-02 spacecraft from the space station at 4 a.m. EDT and land in Kazakhstan at 7:20 a.m. (5:20 p.m. Kazakhstan time). Their return will wrap up 173 days in space for the crew members since their launch last October.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NASA TV will air coverage of the departure and landing activities at the following dates and times:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sunday, April 9<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>10:40 a.m. \u2013 Change of command ceremony in which Kimbrough hands over station command to NASA\u2019s Peggy Whitson<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Monday, April 10<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>12:15 a.m. \u2013 Farewell and hatch closure coverage (hatch closure at 12:40 a.m.)<\/li><li>3:30 a.m. \u2013 Undocking coverage (undocking scheduled at 3:57 a.m.)<\/li><li>6 a.m. \u2013 Deorbit burn and landing coverage (deorbit burn at 6:28 a.m., landing at 7:21 a.m.)<\/li><li>9 a.m. \u2013 Video file of hatch closure, undocking and landing activities.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tuesday, April 11<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>12 p.m. \u2013 Video file of landing and post-landing activities and post-landing interview with Kimbrough in Kazakhstan<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Together, the Expedition 50 crew members continued work on hundreds of experiments in biology, biotechnology, physical science and Earth science aboard humanity\u2019s only orbital laboratory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the time of undocking, Expedition 51 will begin aboard the station under Whitson\u2019s command. Along with her crewmates Oleg Novitskiy of Roscosmos and Thomas Pesquet of ESA (European Space Agency), the three-person crew will operate the station until the arrival of two new crew members. NASA\u2019s Jack Fischer and Fyodor Yurchikhin of Roscosmos are scheduled to launch April 20 from Baikonur, Kazakhstan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Keep up with the International Space Station, and its research and crews, at:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/station\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Get breaking news, images and features from the station on Instagram and Twitter at:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>http:\/\/instagram.com\/iss <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>and<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/Space_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>Three crew members aboard the International Space Station are scheduled to depart the orbiting outpost Monday, April 10. Coverage of their departure and return to Earth will air on NASA Television and the agency\u2019s website. Expedition 50 Commander Shane Kimbrough of NASA and Flight Engineers Sergey Ryzhikov and Andrey Borisenko of Roscosmos will undock their [...]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":58460,"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":"M17-039","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":[2800,3139,2735,2861,2867],"news-tags":[12348],"internal-terms":[9513,9508],"coauthors":[],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"NASA TV to Air Return of Space Station Crew Members to Earth April 10","url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/news-release\/nasa-tv-to-air-return-of-space-station-crew-members-to-earth-april-10\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/news-release\/nasa-tv-to-air-return-of-space-station-crew-members-to-earth-april-10\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/32845263954_f6e6a12f01_k.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/32845263954_f6e6a12f01_k.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 50","International Space Station (ISS)","Johnson Space Center"],"dateCreated":"2017-04-05T21:31:00Z","datePublished":"2017-04-05T21:31:00Z","dateModified":"2023-07-26T18:54:11Z"},"rendered":"<meta name=\"parsely-title\" content=\"NASA TV to Air Return of Space Station Crew Members to Earth April 10\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-link\" content=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/news-release\/nasa-tv-to-air-return-of-space-station-crew-members-to-earth-april-10\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-type\" content=\"post\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-image-url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/32845263954_f6e6a12f01_k.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-pub-date\" content=\"2017-04-05T21:31:00Z\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-section\" content=\"Humans in Space\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-tags\" content=\"NASA Centers & Facilities,NASA Headquarters,Astronauts,Expedition 50,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":2,"featured_image":{"id":58460,"file":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/32845263954_f6e6a12f01_k.jpg","title":"32845263954_f6e6a12f01_k","alt":"Expedition 50 Commander Shane Kimbrough of NASA","caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press-release\/55463"}],"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\/55463\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":370276,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press-release\/55463\/revisions\/370276"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58460"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55463"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55463"},{"taxonomy":"news-tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-tags?post=55463"},{"taxonomy":"internal-terms","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/internal-terms?post=55463"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=55463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}