{"id":55181,"date":"2015-06-05T17:52:00","date_gmt":"2015-06-05T21:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?migration=converted-node-361654"},"modified":"2023-07-26T14:46:19","modified_gmt":"2023-07-26T18:46:19","slug":"nasa-television-to-air-return-of-three-space-station-crew-members-2","status":"publish","type":"press-release","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/news-release\/nasa-television-to-air-return-of-three-space-station-crew-members-2\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA Television to Air 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\/06\/iss043e174193.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1363\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/iss043e174193.jpg?w=2048\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"NASA astronaut Terry Virts with crewmates Russian cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov and ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti.\" 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\/06\/iss043e174193.jpg 4928w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/iss043e174193.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/iss043e174193.jpg?resize=768,511 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/iss043e174193.jpg?resize=1024,682 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/iss043e174193.jpg?resize=1536,1022 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/iss043e174193.jpg?resize=2048,1363 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/iss043e174193.jpg?resize=400,266 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/iss043e174193.jpg?resize=600,399 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/iss043e174193.jpg?resize=900,599 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/iss043e174193.jpg?resize=1200,799 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/iss043e174193.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\">ISS043E174193 (05\/06\/2015) \u2014 NASA astronaut Terry Virts (left) Commander of Expedition 43 on the International Space Station along with crewmates Russian cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov (center) and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti on May 6, 2015 perform a checkout of their Russian Soyuz spacesuits in preparation for the journey back to Earth. <strong>Credits: NASA<\/strong><\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>After more than six months of performing scientific research and technology demonstrations in space, three International Space Station crew members are scheduled to depart the orbiting laboratory Thursday, June 11. NASA Television will provide coverage of their station departure and return to Earth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Coverage begins at 10:40 a.m. EDT Wednesday, June 10, when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission_pages\/station\/expeditions\/expedition43\/index.html\">Expedition 43<\/a> Commander Terry Virts of NASA hands over command of the space station to cosmonaut Gennady Padalka of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At 6:20 a.m. the following day, Virts and Flight Engineers Samantha Cristoforetti of ESA (European Space Agency) and Anton Shkaplerov of Roscosmos will undock their Soyuz spacecraft from the space station and land in Kazakhstan at 9:43 a.m. (7:43 p.m. Kazakh time).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Their return wraps up 199 days in space, during which they traveled more than 84 million miles since their launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Nov. 24. Their return date was delayed four weeks to allow Roscosmos to investigate the cause of the loss of the unpiloted Progress 59 cargo ship in late April.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NASA Television will broadcast departure and landing activities at the following times:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Wednesday, June 10<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>10:40 a.m. \u2013 Change of command ceremony in which Virts hands over station command to Padalka<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Thursday, June 11<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>2:30 a.m. \u2013 Farewell and hatch closure coverage (hatch closure scheduled for 2:55 a.m.)<\/li><li>6 a.m. \u2013 Undocking coverage (undocking scheduled at 6:20 a.m.)<\/li><li>8:30 a.m. \u2013 Deorbit burn and landing coverage (deorbit burn scheduled at 8:51 a.m., with landing at 9:43 a.m.)<\/li><li>noon. \u2013 Video File of hatch closure, undocking and landing activities<\/li><li>10 p.m. \u2013 Video File of landing and post-landing activities and post-landing interviews with Virts and Cristoforetti in Kazakhstan<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>When the Virts, Shkaplerov and Cristoforetti land in Kazakhstan Thursday, Virts will have logged 212 days in space on two flights, the first of which was on space shuttle mission STS-130 in 2010. Shkaplerov will have spent 364 days in space on two flights, the first of which was on Expedition 29\/30 in 2011. This was Cristoforetti\u2019s first flight into space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Expedition 44 formally begins aboard the station, under the command of Padalka, when the Soyuz undocks. He and crewmates Scott Kelly of NASA and Mikhail Kornienko of Roscosmos will operate the station until the arrival of NASA astronaut Kjell Lindgren, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko and Kimiya Yui of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, who are scheduled to launch from Kazakhstan in July.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kelly and Kornienko are spending <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/content\/one-year-crew\">one year in space<\/a>, twice the typical mission duration, to provide researchers the opportunity to learn more about the medical, psychological and biomedical challenges faced by astronauts during long duration spaceflight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For the NASA TV schedule and coordinate information, 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<p>Kathryn Hambleton<br \/>\nHeadquarters, Washington<br \/>\n202-358-1100<br \/>\nkathryn.hambleton@nasa.gov<br \/>\nDan Huot<br \/>\nJohnson Space Center, Houston<br \/>\n281-483-5111<br \/>\ndaniel.g.huot@nasa.gov<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After more than six months of performing scientific research and technology demonstrations in space, three International Space Station crew members are scheduled to depart the orbiting laboratory Thursday, June 11. NASA Television will provide coverage of their station departure and return to Earth. Coverage begins at 10:40 a.m. EDT Wednesday, June 10, when Expedition 43 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":58898,"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":"M15-088","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":[3146,2735,2867],"news-tags":[12350],"internal-terms":[9514,9508],"coauthors":[],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"NASA Television to Air Return of Three Space Station Crew Members","url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/news-release\/nasa-television-to-air-return-of-three-space-station-crew-members-2\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/news-release\/nasa-television-to-air-return-of-three-space-station-crew-members-2\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/iss043e174193.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/iss043e174193.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 43","International Space Station (ISS)"],"dateCreated":"2015-06-05T21:52:00Z","datePublished":"2015-06-05T21:52:00Z","dateModified":"2023-07-26T18:46:19Z"},"rendered":"<meta name=\"parsely-title\" content=\"NASA Television to Air Return of Three Space Station Crew Members\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-link\" content=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/news-release\/nasa-television-to-air-return-of-three-space-station-crew-members-2\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-type\" content=\"post\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-image-url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/iss043e174193.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-pub-date\" content=\"2015-06-05T21:52:00Z\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-section\" content=\"Missions\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-tags\" content=\"NASA Centers & Facilities,NASA Headquarters,Expedition 43,International Space Station (ISS)\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-author\" content=\"NASA\" \/>","tracker_url":"https:\/\/cdn.parsely.com\/keys\/nasa.gov\/p.js"},"read_time":3,"featured_image":{"id":58898,"file":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/iss043e174193.jpg","title":"iss043e174193","alt":"NASA astronaut Terry Virts with crewmates Russian cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov and ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti.","caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press-release\/55181"}],"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\/55181\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":370639,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press-release\/55181\/revisions\/370639"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58898"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55181"},{"taxonomy":"news-tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-tags?post=55181"},{"taxonomy":"internal-terms","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/internal-terms?post=55181"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=55181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}