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    Expedition 64 Trio Back On Earth After 185-Day Mission

    The Soyuz MS-17 spacecraft just before landing in Kazakhstan on April 17th, 2021.

    NASA astronaut Kate Rubins and cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Sergey Kud-Sverchkov of Roscosmos landed on Earth at 12:55 a.m. EDT Saturday, April 17 in Kazakhstan. The trio departed the International Space Station in their Soyuz MS-17 spacecraft at 9:34 p.m. After post-landing medical checks, the crew will split up with Rubins returning to her home in Houston, while …

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    Expedition 64 Trio Back On Earth After 185-Day Mission

    The Soyuz MS-17 spacecraft just before landing in Kazakhstan on April 17th, 2021.

    NASA astronaut Kate Rubins and cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Sergey Kud-Sverchkov of Roscosmos landed on Earth at 12:55 a.m. EDT Saturday, April 17 in Kazakhstan. The trio departed the International Space Station in their Soyuz MS-17 spacecraft at 9:34 p.m. After post-landing medical checks, the crew will split up with Rubins returning to her home in Houston, while …

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    NASA TV is Live Covering the Return of Expedition 64

    The Soyuz MS-16 spacecraft is seen as it lands in Kazakhstan with Expedition 63 crew.

    NASA Television and the agency’s website are now broadcasting live coverage of the return to Earth of NASA astronaut Kate Rubins and cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Sergey Kud-Sverchkov of the Russian space agency Roscosmos. The Soyuz MS-17 spacecraft carrying the trio will make its deorbit burn to set the spaceship on its re-entry through Earth’s atmosphere for a …

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    Expedition 64 Trio Undocks, Ends Station Mission

    The Soyuz MS-17 spacecraft moments after undocking from the station on April 16th, 2021. Credit: NASA TV

    The Soyuz spacecraft undocked from the International Space Station at 9:34 p.m. EDT, carrying three people back to Earth. NASA Television will air live coverage beginning at 11:30 p.m. for the deorbit burn and the spacecraft’s parachute-assisted landing at 12:56 a.m. (10:56 a.m. Kazakhstan time) Saturday, April 17. Rubins, Ryzhikov, and Kud-Sverchkov’s mission began Oct. 14, 2020, when their spacecraft launched …

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    Crew Says Farewell, Enters Soyuz and Prepares to Undock

    The hatch closing between the Soyuz MS-17 and station in preparation for the undocking of Expedition 64 crew. Credit: NASA TV

    At 6:24 p.m. EDT, the hatch closed between the Soyuz spacecraft and the International Space Station in preparation for undocking. NASA astronaut Kate Rubins and cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Sergey Kud-Sverchkov of Roscosmos are scheduled to undock their Soyuz MS-17 spacecraft at 9:34 p.m. NASA Television will air live coverage of the undocking beginning at 9:15 p.m., with coverage of the Soyuz …

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    NASA TV Begins Live Coverage of Station Crew Departure

    Expedition 64 crew members (from left) NASA astronaut Kate Rubins and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Sergey Kud-Sverchkov pose for a crew portrait.

    NASA is providing live coverage on NASA TV and its website as NASA astronaut Kate Rubins and cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Sergey Kud-Sverchkov of Roscosmos prepare to conclude their mission aboard the International Space Station and return to Earth. The trio will and close the hatch to their Soyuz MS-17 spacecraft at 6:10 p.m. EDT to begin the journey back to Earth. …

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    ISS Daily Summary Report – 4/16/2021

    63 Soyuz (63S) Undock/Landing: The 63S vehicle carrying Kate Rubins, Sergei Kud-Sverchkov, Sergey Ryzhikov is scheduled to undock tonight at 8:33 PM CT and land at 11:56 PM CT. The departure of 63S will reduce the crew complement on board from 10 to 7. Payloads AC Touch: Per standard procedure, the crew touched both the …

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    NASA’s SpaceX Crew-2 Astronauts Touch Down at Florida Spaceport

    Crew-2 astronauts arrive at Kennedy Space Center's Launch and Landing Facility on April 16, 2021.

    The astronauts that will soon launch to the International Space Station as part of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-2 mission arrived today, April 16, at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida to start final preparations for liftoff. Crew-2 mission astronauts Shane Kimbrough and Megan McArthur of NASA, along with JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, and ESA …

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    Expedition 64 Leaving Station as New SpaceX Crew Preps for Launch

    (From left) The Expedition 64 crew is returning to Earth today as the SpaceX Crew-2 astronauts prepare for an April 22 launch to the station from Florida.

    Three Expedition 64 crew members are preparing to return to Earth today completing a 185-day research mission on the International Space Station. Meanwhile, four new SpaceX Crew-2 astronauts have arrived at the Kennedy Space Center preparing for a launch next week to the orbiting lab. NASA astronaut Kate Rubins along with Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov …

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    Expedition 64 Leaving Station as New SpaceX Crew Preps for Launch

    (From left) The Expedition 64 crew is returning to Earth today as the SpaceX Crew-2 astronauts prepare for an April 22 launch to the station from Florida.

    Three Expedition 64 crew members are preparing to return to Earth today completing a 185-day research mission on the International Space Station. Meanwhile, four new SpaceX Crew-2 astronauts have arrived at the Kennedy Space Center preparing for a launch next week to the orbiting lab. NASA astronaut Kate Rubins along with Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov …

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