{"id":52149,"date":"2019-10-03T11:24:00","date_gmt":"2019-10-03T15:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?migration=converted-node-452841"},"modified":"2023-07-26T15:27:40","modified_gmt":"2023-07-26T19:27:40","slug":"nasa-astronaut-nick-hague-crewmates-return-safely-from-international-space-station","status":"publish","type":"press-release","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/news-release\/nasa-astronaut-nick-hague-crewmates-return-safely-from-international-space-station\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA Astronaut Nick Hague, Crewmates Return Safely from International Space Station"},"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\/2019\/10\/haguereturns_0.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1312\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/haguereturns_0.jpg?w=2048\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"Hague, Ovchinin and Almansoori return to Earth Thursday, Oct 3 at 6:59 a.m.\" 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\/2019\/10\/haguereturns_0.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/haguereturns_0.jpg?resize=300,192 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/haguereturns_0.jpg?resize=768,492 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/haguereturns_0.jpg?resize=1024,656 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/haguereturns_0.jpg?resize=1536,984 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/haguereturns_0.jpg?resize=400,256 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/haguereturns_0.jpg?resize=600,384 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/haguereturns_0.jpg?resize=900,577 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/haguereturns_0.jpg?resize=1200,769 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/haguereturns_0.jpg?resize=2000,1281 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 astronaut Nick Hague, Russian cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin and visiting astronaut from United Arab Emirates (UAE) Hazzaa Ali Almansoori returned to Earth from the International Space Station at 6:59 am in Kazakhstan. <strong>Credits: NASA<\/strong><\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>NASA astronaut <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/astronauts\/biographies\/tyler-nick-hague\/biography\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Nick Hague<\/a> returned to Earth from the International Space Station on Thursday, alongside Soyuz commander Alexey Ovchinin of the Russian space agency Roscosmos and visiting astronaut Hazzaa Ali Almansoori from the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The crew landed safely at 6:59 a.m. EDT in Kazakhstan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hague and Ovchinin launched March 14, along with fellow NASA astronaut <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/astronauts\/biographies\/christina-h-koch\" rel=\"noopener\">Christina Koch<\/a>. Six hours later, they began their 203-day mission on the station, orbiting Earth 3,248 times and traveling 86.1 million miles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Koch remains aboard the orbiting laboratory for an extended mission that will provide researchers the opportunity to observe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/feature\/a-look-at-the-science-ahead-for-christina-koch-and-andrew-morgan\/\" rel=\"noopener\">effects of long-duration spaceflight<\/a> on a woman, in preparation for human missions to the Moon and Mars. She is expected to return to Earth in February 2020, almost a year after her launch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For Almansoori, this landing completed an eight-day stay on the station that covered 128 orbits of Earth and a journey of 3.1 million miles since launching Sept. 25 with NASA astronaut <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/astronauts\/biographies\/meir-u-jessica\" rel=\"noopener\">Jessica Meir<\/a> and Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos. Almansoori made history as he became the first person from the UAE to fly in space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After postlanding medical checks, Hague will return to Houston, and Ovchinin and Almansoori will return to Star City, Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Expedition 60 crew contributed to <a href=\"https:\/\/nasa.gov\/iss-science\" rel=\"noopener\">hundreds of experiments<\/a> in biology, biotechnology, physical science and Earth science, including investigations into devices that mimic the structure and function of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/tissue-chips\" rel=\"noopener\">human organs<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/astrobee\" rel=\"noopener\">free-flying robots<\/a>, and an instrument to measure Earth\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission_pages\/station\/research\/experiments\/explorer\/Investigation.html?#id=1786\" rel=\"noopener\">distribution of carbon dioxide<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hague conducted three spacewalks during his mission, totaling 19 hours and 56 minutes. Ovchinin conducted one spacewalk lasting 6 hours and 1 minute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hague\u2019s first two spacewalks in March continued the overall upgrade of the station\u2019s power system with newer, more powerful lithium-ion batteries on one pair of the station\u2019s solar arrays. During his third spacewalk, he and NASA astronaut <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/astronauts\/biographies\/andrew-r-morgan\/biography\" rel=\"noopener\">Andrew Morgan<\/a> successfully installed the second of two international docking adapters that Boeing CST-100 Starliner and SpaceX Crew Dragon <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/commercialcrew\" rel=\"noopener\">commercial crew<\/a> spacecraft will use to connect to the space station.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hague completes his second flight in space totaling 203 days, while Ovchinin has now spent 375 days during three flights. Hague and Ovchinin flew together on an abbreviated mission in October 2018, cut short by a technical problem that triggered an ascent abort minutes after launch and a safe landing back on Earth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When the Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft with Hague, Ovchinin and Almansoori undocked at 3:37 a.m. Oct. 3, Expedition 61 officially began aboard the station, with NASA astronauts Koch, Meir and Morgan, cosmonauts Alexander Skvortsov and Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos as flight engineers, and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Luca Parmitano as the station\u2019s commander.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Get breaking news, images and features from the space station on <a href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/iss\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/iss\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.twitter.com\/Space_Station\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>-end-<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stephanie Schierholz<br>\nHeadquarters, Washington<br>\n202-358-1100<br>\nstephanie.schierholz@nasa.gov<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Courtney Beasley<br>\nJohnson Space Center, Houston<br>\n281-483-5111<br>\nCourtney.m.beasley@nasa.gov<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NASA astronaut Nick Hague returned to Earth from the International Space Station on Thursday, alongside Soyuz commander Alexey Ovchinin of the Russian space agency Roscosmos and visiting astronaut Hazzaa Ali Almansoori from the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The crew landed safely at 6:59 a.m. EDT in Kazakhstan. 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