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Expedition 59 Commander Oleg Kononenko practices Soyuz descent maneuvers

Expedition 59 Commander Oleg Kononenko practices Soyuz descent maneuvers
Expedition 59 Commander Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos practices descent maneuvers on a computer that he will use to return to Earth aboard the Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft on June 24.

iss059e111655 (June 17, 2019) — Expedition 59 Commander Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos practices descent maneuvers on a computer that he will use to return to Earth aboard the Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft on June 24. He will lead Flight Engineers Anne McClain and David Saint-Jacques to a parachute-assisted landing in Kazakhstan after a 204-day mission in space.