{"id":55731,"date":"2018-10-04T12:28:00","date_gmt":"2018-10-04T16:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?migration=converted-node-433673"},"modified":"2023-07-26T15:12:38","modified_gmt":"2023-07-26T19:12:38","slug":"space-station-crew-returns-to-earth-lands-safely-in-kazakhstan","status":"publish","type":"press-release","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/news-release\/space-station-crew-returns-to-earth-lands-safely-in-kazakhstan\/","title":{"rendered":"Space Station Crew Returns to Earth, Lands Safely in Kazakhstan"},"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\/2018\/10\/expedition_56_landing_181004.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"2048\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/expedition_56_landing_181004.jpg?w=2048\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"The Soyuz MS-08 spacecraft is seen as it lands Oct. 4, 2018.\" 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\/2018\/10\/expedition_56_landing_181004.jpg 2459w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/expedition_56_landing_181004.jpg?resize=150,150 150w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/expedition_56_landing_181004.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/expedition_56_landing_181004.jpg?resize=768,768 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/expedition_56_landing_181004.jpg?resize=1024,1024 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/expedition_56_landing_181004.jpg?resize=1536,1536 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/expedition_56_landing_181004.jpg?resize=2048,2048 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/expedition_56_landing_181004.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/expedition_56_landing_181004.jpg?resize=100,100 100w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/expedition_56_landing_181004.jpg?resize=200,200 200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/expedition_56_landing_181004.jpg?resize=400,400 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/expedition_56_landing_181004.jpg?resize=600,600 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/expedition_56_landing_181004.jpg?resize=900,900 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/expedition_56_landing_181004.jpg?resize=1200,1200 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/expedition_56_landing_181004.jpg?resize=2000,2000 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\">The Soyuz MS-08 spacecraft is seen as it lands with Expedition 56 Commander Drew Feustel and Flight Engineer Ricky Arnold of NASA, along with Flight Engineer and Soyuz Commander Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, Oct. 4, 2018. Feustel, Arnold, and Artemyev spent 197 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 55 and 56 crews onboard the International Space Station. <strong>Credits: NASA\/Bill Ingalls<\/strong><\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Three members of the Expedition 56 crew returned safely to Earth Thursday from the International Space Station, where they spent months providing hands-on support for scientific research in low-Earth orbit, working to keep the orbiting laboratory fully operational, and performing three spacewalks.<\/p>\n\n\n<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\/2018\/10\/18-084.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/18-084.jpg?w=1280\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"Members of the Expedition 56 crew, NASA astronauts Drew Feustel and Ricky Arnold, and cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev of the Russia\" 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\/2018\/10\/18-084.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/18-084.jpg?resize=300,169 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/18-084.jpg?resize=768,432 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/18-084.jpg?resize=1024,576 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/18-084.jpg?resize=400,225 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/18-084.jpg?resize=600,338 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/18-084.jpg?resize=900,506 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/18-084.jpg?resize=1200,675 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">Three members of the Expedition 56 crew, NASA astronauts Drew Feustel and Ricky Arnold, and cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev of the Russian space agency Roscosmos, returned to Earth after months abroad the International Space Station and landed safely at 7:44 a.m. EDT (5:44 p.m. in Kazakhstan) southeast of the remote town of Dzhezkazgan in Kazakhstan. <strong>Credits: NASA<\/strong><\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>NASA astronauts <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/astronauts\/biographies\/andrew-j-feustel\">Drew Feustel<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/astronauts\/biographies\/richard-r-arnold\">Ricky Arnold<\/a>, and cosmonaut <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gctc.ru\/main.php?id=158\" rel=\"noopener\">Oleg Artemyev<\/a> of the Russian space agency Roscosmos landed at 7:44 a.m. EDT (5:44 p.m. in Kazakhstan) southeast of the remote town of Zhezkazgan in Kazakhstan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The crew completed hundreds of experiments during its 197-day expedition in space. Highlights included an investigation to study <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission_pages\/station\/research\/experiments\/explorer\/Facility.html?#id=7396\">ultra-cold quantum gases<\/a> using the first <a href=\"http:\/\/www.esa.int\/Our_Activities\/Human_Spaceflight\/Research\/Ice_Cubes_cool_new_commercial_opportunity_on_the_International_Space_Station\" rel=\"noopener\">commercial European facility<\/a> for microgravity research, and a system that uses surface forces to accomplish <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission_pages\/station\/research\/experiments\/explorer\/Investigation.html?#id=7696\">liquid-liquid separation<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The crew also welcomed five <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/feature\/visiting-vehicle-launches-arrivals-and-departures\">cargo spacecraft<\/a>, which delivered several tons of supplies and research experiments. The 14th SpaceX Dragon flight was the first to arrive at the station, in April, shortly after the three crew members did, bringing supplies and equipment. It was followed by the 15th Dragon, which arrived in July with additional supplies. The ninth Northrop Grumman Cygnus resupply spacecraft arrived in May before the end of Expedition 55. In August, a Russian Progress completed a record rapid rendezvous of less than four hours. And, in September, the seventh Japanese Konotouri cargo craft arrived just a week before the Expedition 56 trio departed for home.<\/p>\n\n\n<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\/2018\/10\/touchdown18-084jpg.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/touchdown18-084jpg.jpg?w=1280\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"Expedition 56 crew landing \" 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\/2018\/10\/touchdown18-084jpg.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/touchdown18-084jpg.jpg?resize=300,169 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/touchdown18-084jpg.jpg?resize=768,432 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/touchdown18-084jpg.jpg?resize=1024,576 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/touchdown18-084jpg.jpg?resize=400,225 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/touchdown18-084jpg.jpg?resize=600,338 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/touchdown18-084jpg.jpg?resize=900,506 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/touchdown18-084jpg.jpg?resize=1200,675 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">Members of the Expedition 56 crew landing back on Earth.<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Both Feustel and Arnold participated in dozens of educational downlink events while in space as part of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/audience\/foreducators\/stem-on-station\/year-of-education.html\">NASA\u2019s Year of Education on Station<\/a>, reaching more than 200,000 students in 29 states. Feustel now has logged more than 226 days in space on three spaceflights, and Arnold spent more than 209 days during the course of two missions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The duo ventured outside the space station on three <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission_pages\/station\/spacewalks\">spacewalks<\/a> to perform maintenance and upgrades during Expeditions 55 and 56. Their work included replacing and upgrading external cameras, including those that will facilitate the approach and docking of the Boeing Starliner and SpaceX Crew Dragon <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/commercialcrew\">commercial crew<\/a> spacecraft when they begin launching soon from American soil. The spacewalkers also replaced components of the space station\u2019s cooling system and communications network, and installed new wireless communication antennas for external experiments. Feustel has accumulated 61 hours and 48 minutes over nine career spacewalks, and ranks second overall among American astronauts. Arnold has 32 hours and 4 minutes during five career spacewalks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Artemyev conducted one spacewalk, with fellow cosmonaut <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gctc.ru\/main.php?id=201\" rel=\"noopener\">Sergey Prokopyev<\/a>, to manually launch four small technology satellites and install an experiment called <a href=\"https:\/\/directory.eoportal.org\/web\/eoportal\/satellite-missions\/i\/iss-icarus\" rel=\"noopener\">Icarus<\/a> onto the Russian segment of the space station. The spacewalk timed out at 7 hours and 46 minutes, the longest in Russian space program history. Artemyev now has spent 366 days in space on his two flights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Expedition 57 continues station research and operations with a crew comprised of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/astronauts\/biographies\/serena-m-aunon-chancellor\">Serena Aunon-Chancellor<\/a> of NASA, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esa.int\/Our_Activities\/Human_Spaceflight\/Astronauts\/Alexander_Gerst\" rel=\"noopener\">Alexander Gerst<\/a> of ESA (European Space Agency) and Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos. Gerst assumed command of the station as Feustel prepared to depart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NASA astronaut <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/astronauts\/biographies\/tyler-nick-hague\">Nick Hague<\/a> and Roscosmos cosmonaut <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gctc.ru\/main.php?id=196\" rel=\"noopener\">Alexey Ovchinin<\/a> are scheduled to launch Thursday, Oct. 11 for a same-day arrival, adding to the crew of Expedition 57.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Learn more about the International Space Station 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 social media at:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/instagram.com\/iss\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>and<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a class=\"twitter-timeline\" data-width=\"500\" data-height=\"750\" data-dnt=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Space_Station?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"noopener\">Tweets by Space_Station<\/a><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>-end-<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Joshua Finch<br \/>\nHeadquarters, Washington<br \/>\n202-358-1100<br \/>\njoshua.a.finch@nasa.gov<br \/>\nGary Jordan<br \/>\nJohnson Space Center, Houston<br \/>\n281-483-5111<br \/>\ngary.j.jordan@nasa.gov<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three members of the Expedition 56 crew returned safely to Earth Thursday from the International Space Station, where they spent months providing hands-on support for scientific research in low-Earth orbit, working to keep the orbiting laboratory fully operational, and performing three spacewalks. 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