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Expedition 46 News Releases

Find out about all the mission events and crew activities that occurred during the Expedition 46 mission aboard the International Space Station.

U.S., Russian and British Crew Continuing Station Operations
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NASA astronaut Scott Kelly has returned to Houston and his Expedition 46 crewmates Mikhail Kornienko and Sergey Volkov have returned to Russia. Their historic mission is over but there are three crew members who are still orbiting Earth on the…

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Scott Kelly Returns to Houston After Year In Space
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Just before 2:30 a.m. EST Thursday, NASA astronaut Scott Kelly landed at Houston’s Ellington Field, marking his return to the U.S. following an agency record-setting year in space aboard the International Space Station. Those on hand to greet him in…

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Update on NASA Astronaut Scott Kelly’s Return to Houston
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Update, March 3, 1:25 a.m. EST: Scott Kelly’s plane is expected to land no earlier than 2:30 a.m. EST. NASA TV coverage will begin approximately 15 minutes earlier. NASA astronaut Scott Kelly now is expected to return to Houston at about…

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NASA Astronaut Scott Kelly Returns Safely to Earth after One-Year Mission
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NASA astronaut and Expedition 46 Commander Scott Kelly and his Russian counterpart Mikhail Kornienko returned to Earth Tuesday after a historic 340-day mission aboard the International Space Station. They landed in Kazakhstan at 11:26 p.m. EST (10:26 a.m. March 2…

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Veteran Station Crew Returns to Earth after Historic Mission
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Expedition 46 Commander Scott Kelly of NASA, and Mikhail Kornienko and Sergey Volkov of Roscosmos landed their Soyuz TMA-18M spacecraft in Kazakhstan at 11:26 p.m. EST. Russian recovery teams will help the crew exit the Soyuz vehicle and adjust to gravity…

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Expedition 46 Trio Leaves Station for Ride to Earth
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Astronaut Scott Kelly and cosmonauts Mikhail Kornienko and Sergey Volkov undocked from the station at 8:02 p.m. EST to begin their voyage home. Volkov, the Soyuz commander, is at the controls of the Soyuz TMA-18M spacecraft. They will perform a…

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Expedition 46 Undocking and Landing Timeline
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Today is homecoming day for International Space Station Commander Scott Kelly of NASA and Flight Engineers Mikhail Kornienko and Sergey Volkov of Roscosmos as they prepare for landing in their Soyuz TMA-18M spacecraft at 11:25 p.m. EST tonight, southeast of…

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Today is Homecoming Day for a Record-Setting Crew
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Three Expedition 46 crew members are finishing packing the Soyuz TMA-18M spacecraft for the ride home today, ending their record-setting mission. Three other space station residents will stay behind until June and wave farewell to their crewmates when they undock…

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Scott Kelly Hands Over Station Command to Tim Kopra
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At 3:15 p.m. EST, NASA astronaut Tim Kopra assumed command of the International Space Station from astronaut Scott Kelly of NASA in a traditional Change of Command ceremony. Expedition 47 will officially begin under Kopra’s command when the Soyuz spacecraft…

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Final Full Day in Orbit for Volkov and Year In Space Crew
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International Space Station Commander Scott Kelly and Flight Engineer Mikhail Kornienko, who have been living in space since March of last year, are spending their last full day in orbit today. The duo are returning home Tuesday evening with Soyuz…

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NASA Astronaut Scott Kelly, Researchers Available to Discuss One-Year Mission
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NASA will share the completion of American astronaut Scott Kelly’s one-year mission aboard the International Space Station with live television coverage of his return to Houston on Wednesday, March 2, and two news briefings on Friday, March 4. Kelly is…

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Media Accreditation Open for Space Station Crew News Conference, Interviews
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Editor’s note: The Expedition 48/49 launch has moved to 9:36 p.m. EDT on July 6, 2016. (Updated June 28, 2016.) NASA will host a news conference with a team of astronauts who will launch to the International Space Station this summer,…

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Crew Explores Breathing Risks of Long-Term Space Mission
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A pair of astronauts is exploring breathing risks during long term space missions today while a trio of crew members is packing a Soyuz spacecraft for the return home. NASA astronaut and two-time space station resident Tim Kopra joined first-time…

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One-Year Crew Returns from Space Station March 1; Live Coverage on NASA TV
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NASA Television will provide complete coverage Tuesday, March 1, as three crew members depart the International Space Station, including NASA astronaut Scott Kelly and cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko of the Russian space agency Roscosmos – the station’s first one-year crew. NASA…

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Crew Wrapping Up Year-Long Mission in Less than a Week
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Three International Space Station crew members, two of whom have been in orbit nearly a year, will complete their stay in space March 1. As they prepare for landing, the Expedition 46 crew is moving right along with human research,…

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