{"id":55369,"date":"2021-04-13T19:32:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-13T23:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?migration=converted-node-470094"},"modified":"2023-07-26T16:07:03","modified_gmt":"2023-07-26T20:07:03","slug":"nasa-to-provide-live-coverage-of-space-station-crew-landing","status":"publish","type":"press-release","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/news-release\/nasa-to-provide-live-coverage-of-space-station-crew-landing\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA to Provide Live Coverage of Space Station Crew Landing"},"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\/2021\/04\/50563964032_57134c1431_k.jpeg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/50563964032_57134c1431_k.jpeg?w=2048\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"Kate Rubins of NASA and Sergey Ryzhikov and Sergey Kud-Sverchkov 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\/2021\/04\/50563964032_57134c1431_k.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/50563964032_57134c1431_k.jpeg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/50563964032_57134c1431_k.jpeg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/50563964032_57134c1431_k.jpeg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/50563964032_57134c1431_k.jpeg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/50563964032_57134c1431_k.jpeg?resize=400,267 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/50563964032_57134c1431_k.jpeg?resize=600,400 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/50563964032_57134c1431_k.jpeg?resize=900,600 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/50563964032_57134c1431_k.jpeg?resize=1200,800 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/50563964032_57134c1431_k.jpeg?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\">Expedition 64 Flight Engineers Kate Rubins of NASA and Sergey Ryzhikov and Sergey Kud-Sverchkov of Roscosmos are scheduled to depart the International Space Station Friday, April 16. The three crew members are pictured inside the Kibo laboratory module from JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency). <\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\"><strong>Credits: NASA<\/strong><\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Expedition 64 Flight Engineer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/astronauts\/biographies\/kathleen-rubins\/biography\" rel=\"noopener\">Kate Rubins<\/a> of NASA and two Roscosmos cosmonauts are scheduled to end their mission on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission_pages\/station\/main\/\" rel=\"noopener\">International Space Station<\/a> Friday, April 16. Coverage of departure from the station and landing on Earth will air live on NASA Television, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/connect\/apps.html\" rel=\"noopener\">NASA app<\/a>, and the agency\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/live\" rel=\"noopener\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rubins, along with Russian cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Sergey Kud-Sverchkov, will close the hatch to the Soyuz MS-17 spacecraft at 6:10 p.m. EDT to begin the journey back to Earth. The trio will undock from the space-facing port of the station\u2019s Poisk module at 9:34 p.m., heading for a parachute-assisted landing at 12:56 a.m. (10:56 a.m. Kazakhstan time) Saturday, April 17, on the steppe of Kazakhstan, southeast of the remote town of Dzhezkazgan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The three crew members will wrap up a 185-day mission spanning 2,960 orbits of Earth and 78.4 million miles. Rubins is completing her second flight, with 300 cumulative days in space. Ryzhikov is completing his second spaceflight, with 358 cumulative days. This was Kud-Sverchkov\u2019s first spaceflight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In advance of Soyuz departure coverage, station commander Ryzhikov will hand over command of the station to NASA astronaut <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/astronauts\/biographies\/shannon-walker\/biography\" rel=\"noopener\">Shannon Walker<\/a> during a change of command ceremony. The event will air live on NASA TV, the NASA app, and the agency\u2019s website beginning at 3:45 p.m. Thursday, April 15.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Friday, April 16, coverage of the farewells and hatch closure for the departing crew members will begin at 5:45 p.m., followed by undocking coverage at 9:15 p.m., with coverage of the Soyuz deorbit burn and landing beginning at 11:30 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the time of undocking, Expedition 65 will formally begin aboard the station, with new station commander Walker, NASA astronauts <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/astronauts\/biographies\/victor-j-glover\/biography\" rel=\"noopener\">Victor Glover<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/astronauts\/biographies\/michael-s-hopkins\/biography\" rel=\"noopener\">Michael Hopkins<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/astronauts\/biographies\/mark-t-vande-hei\" rel=\"noopener\">Mark Vande Hei<\/a>, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut <a href=\"https:\/\/iss.jaxa.jp\/en\/astro\/biographies\/noguchi\/index.html\" rel=\"noopener\">Soichi Noguchi<\/a>, and cosmonauts Oleg Novitskiy and Pyotr Dubrov.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Later this month, NASA\u2019s SpaceX Crew-2 members \u2013 NASA astronauts <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/astronauts\/biographies\/robert-shane-kimbrough\" rel=\"noopener\">Shane Kimbrough<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/astronauts\/biographies\/k-megan-mcarthur\" rel=\"noopener\">Megan McArthur<\/a>, JAXA astronaut <a href=\"https:\/\/iss.jaxa.jp\/en\/astro\/biographies\/hoshide\/index.html\" rel=\"noopener\">Akihiko Hoshide<\/a>, and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esa.int\/Science_Exploration\/Human_and_Robotic_Exploration\/Astronauts\/Thomas_Pesquet\" rel=\"noopener\">Thomas Pesquet<\/a> \u2013 will join the Expedition 65 members aboard the station.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After landing, the Soyuz MS-17 crew will split up, with Rubins returning to her home in Houston, while the cosmonauts fly back to their training base in Star City, Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Learn more about space station activities by following <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/space_station\" rel=\"noopener\">@space_station<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ISS_Research\" rel=\"noopener\">@ISS_Research<\/a> on Twitter, as well as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ISS\" rel=\"noopener\">ISS Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ISS\/\" rel=\"noopener\">ISS Instagram<\/a> accounts and the <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.nasa.gov\/spacestation\/\" rel=\"noopener\">space station blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">-end-<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kathryn Hambleton<br> Headquarters, Washington<br> 202-358-1100<br> <a href=\"mailto:kathryn.hambleton@nasa.gov\">kathryn.hambleton@nasa.gov<\/a><br> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Leah Cheshier<br> Johnson Space Center, Houston<br> 281-483-5111<br><a href=\"leah.d.cheshier@nasa.gov\"> leah.d.cheshier@nasa.gov<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Expedition 64 Flight Engineer Kate Rubins of NASA and two Roscosmos cosmonauts are scheduled to end their mission on the International Space Station Friday, April 16. Coverage of departure from the station and landing on Earth will air live on NASA Television, the NASA app, and the agency\u2019s website. Rubins, along with Russian cosmonauts Sergey […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":57893,"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":"M21-043","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":[2867,2800,3191,2801,8370,8371,2656,2735,2861,3428],"news-tags":[12373],"internal-terms":[9508,9505],"coauthors":[],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"NASA to Provide Live Coverage of Space Station Crew Landing","url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/news-release\/nasa-to-provide-live-coverage-of-space-station-crew-landing\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/news-release\/nasa-to-provide-live-coverage-of-space-station-crew-landing\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/50563964032_57134c1431_k.jpeg?w=150&h=150&crop=1","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/50563964032_57134c1431_k.jpeg"},"articleSection":"NASA Centers & Facilities","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":["Humans in Space","Astronauts","Kathleen Rubins","NASA Headquarters","Commercial Crew","Commercial Space","Expedition 64","Expedition 65","International Space Station (ISS)","Johnson Space Center"],"dateCreated":"2021-04-13T23:32:00Z","datePublished":"2021-04-13T23:32:00Z","dateModified":"2023-07-26T20:07:03Z"},"rendered":"<meta name=\"parsely-title\" content=\"NASA to Provide Live Coverage of Space Station Crew Landing\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-link\" content=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/news-release\/nasa-to-provide-live-coverage-of-space-station-crew-landing\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-type\" content=\"post\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-image-url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/50563964032_57134c1431_k.jpeg?w=150&h=150&crop=1\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-pub-date\" content=\"2021-04-13T23:32:00Z\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-section\" content=\"NASA Centers & Facilities\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-tags\" content=\"Humans in Space,Astronauts,Kathleen Rubins,NASA Headquarters,Commercial Crew,Commercial Space,Expedition 64,Expedition 65,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":3,"featured_image":{"id":57893,"file":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/50563964032_57134c1431_k.jpeg","title":"50563964032_57134c1431_k","alt":"Kate Rubins of NASA and Sergey Ryzhikov and Sergey Kud-Sverchkov of Roscosmos","caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press-release\/55369"}],"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":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press-release\/55369\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":453158,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press-release\/55369\/revisions\/453158"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57893"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55369"},{"taxonomy":"news-tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-tags?post=55369"},{"taxonomy":"internal-terms","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/internal-terms?post=55369"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=55369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}