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Expedition 74 Crewmates Board Soyuz and Close Hatch for Departure

Soyuz MS-28 crew members (from left) Chris WIlliams of NASA and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergei Mikaev and Sergey Kud-Sverchkov say farewekk to their crewmates before closing the hatch to the Soyuz MS-28 spacecraft.
Soyuz MS-28 crew members (from left) Chris Williams of NASA and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergei Mikaev and Sergey Kud-Sverchkov say farewell to their crewmates before closing the hatch to the Soyuz MS-28 spacecraft.
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The crew closed the hatch between the Soyuz MS‑28 spacecraft and the International Space Station at 11:45 p.m. EDT, setting the stage for undocking and return to Earth.

NASA’s live departure coverage will continue on Sunday, July 26, as NASA astronaut Chris Williams and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud‑Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev undock from the orbital complex (all times Eastern and subject to change based on real‑time operations):

  • 2:30 a.m. – Undocking coverage begins
  • 3:03 a.m. – Undocking from the space station’s Rassvet module
  • 5:15 a.m. – Coverage of deorbit and landing begins
  • 5:31 a.m. – Deorbit burn
  • 6:25 a.m. – Landing on the Kazakh steppe, southeast of Dzhezkazgan

MS‑28 return events are streaming through a variety of platforms. Learn where to watch online https://www.nasa.gov/live.

Learn more about station activities by following the space station blog, @space_station on X, as well as the ISS Facebook and ISS Instagram accounts.

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