(From left) NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei and Roscosmos cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov and Pyotr Dubrov are going back to Earth in the Soyuz MS-19 team ship. Credit: NASA
NASA Television protection of NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei and 2 Roscosmos cosmonauts end of mission aboard the International Space Station and go back to Earth is underway.
Vande Hei, along with Anton Shkaplerov and Pyotr Dubrov, will close the hatch to the Soyuz MS-19 spacecraft to start the journey back to Earth. The Soyuz will undock from the Rassvet module, heading for a parachute-assisted landing Wednesday, March 30, on the steppe of Kazakhstan, southeast of the remote town of Dzhezkazgan.
Protection of the teams goodbyes, undocking, and landing will air reside on NASA TV, the firms website, and the NASA app at the following times (all EDT):.
11:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 29– Farewells and hatch closure (at 12 a.m., Wednesday, March 30).
2:45 a.m. Wednesday, March 30– Undocking (at 3:21 a.m.).
6:15 a.m. Wednesday, March 30– Deorbit burn and landing (landing at 7:28 a.m./ 5:28 p.m. Kazakhstan time).
Vande Hei and Dubrov released April 9, 2021, on Soyuz MS-18, and will cover up a 355-day mission spanning 5,680 orbits of Earth and more than 150 million miles. During the long-duration mission, Vande Hei broke the record for longest single spaceflight by an American astronaut, previously held at 340 days. Vande Hei will cover up his second spaceflight with a total of 523 days in space.
Vande Hei and Dubrov released April 9, 2021, on Soyuz MS-18, and will conclude a 355-day objective covering 5,680 orbits of Earth and more than 150 million miles. Throughout the long-duration mission, Vande Hei climaxed for longest single spaceflight by an American astronaut, previously held at 340 days. Vande Hei will wrap up his 2nd spaceflight with a total of 523 days in area. Shkaplerov launched on Soyuz MS-19 on Oct. 5, 2021. This was Dubrovs very first flight. Shkaplerov is ending his fourth mission with 708 cumulative days invested in space.
Exploration 67 will formally begin aboard the station, with brand-new station Commander Tom Marshburn, NASA astronauts Raja Chari and Kayla Barron, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Matthias Maurer, and Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Artemyev, Denis Matveev, and Sergey Korsakov.
After landing, the Soyuz MS-19 team will break up, as per basic team return practice, with Vande Hei returning to his house in Houston, while the cosmonauts fly back to their training base in Star City, Russia.