Space

NASA Establishes Coverage for Astronaut Tracy C. Dyson, Crewmates Return

.NASA rocketeer Tracy C. Dyson, alonged with Roscosmos astronauts Nikolai Chub and also Oleg Kononenko, will definitely deviate the International Space Station aboard the Soyuz MS-25 space capsule, and go back to Planet.Dyson, Chub, and Kononenko will undock coming from the orbiting lab's Prichal element at 4:37 a.m. EDT Monday, Sept. 23, going to a parachute-assisted touchdown at 8 a.m. (5 p.m. Kazakhstan time) on the steppe of Kazakhstan, southeast of the city of Dzhezkazgan.NASA's online insurance coverage of profit as well as related tasks will definitely stream on NASA+ as well as the company's internet site. Discover how to flow NASA information via an assortment of platforms, featuring social media.A modification of demand ceremony likewise will certainly stream on NASA platforms at 10:15 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 22. Kononenko is going to hand over terminal demand to NASA astronaut Suni Williams for Exploration 72, which begins back then of undocking.Covering 184 days in space, Dyson's objective consists of covering 2,944 orbits of the Planet as well as a trip of 78 thousand kilometers. The Soyuz MS-25 spacecraft released March 23, as well as came to the station March 25, along with Dyson, Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy, and spaceflight participant Port Vasilevskaya of Belarus. Novitskiy and also Vasilevskaya were actually aboard the terminal for 12 times prior to returning home along with NASA astronaut Loral O'Hara on April 6.Kononenko as well as Chub, that released with O'Hara to the station on the Soyuz MS-24 spacecraft last September, will definitely return after 374 times precede and also a travel of 158.6 million miles, spanning 5,984 tracks.Dyson devoted her fourth spaceflight aboard the terminal as an Expedition 70 and 71 flight developer, and departs along with Kononenko, finishing his 5th air travel into space and building up an enduring file 1,111 times in track, and Chub, that completed his initial spaceflight.After going back to Earth, the three crew participants are going to soar on a helicopter coming from the touchdown internet site to the rehabilitation staging metropolitan area of Karaganda, Kazakhstan. Dyson will panel a NASA airplane as well as return to Houston, while Kononenko as well as Chub will definitely depart for a training base in Celebrity Urban area, Russia.NASA's coverage is as follows (perpetuity Eastern and subject to change based on real-time operations):.Sunday, Sept. 22.10:15 a.m.-- Exploration 71/72 improvement of command service begins on NASA+ and the company's website.Monday, Sept. 23.12:45 a.m.-- Hatch shutting protection begins on NASA+ and the company's site.1:05 a.m.-- Hatch closing.4 a.m.-- Undocking coverage starts on NASA+ and also the company's web site.4:37 a.m.-- Undocking.6:45 a.m.-- Protection starts for deorbit burn, admittance, and also touchdown on NASA+ as well as the agency's website.7:05 a.m.-- Deorbit burn.8 a.m.-- Touchdown.For greater than 20 years, people have resided and also worked continuously aboard the International Space Station, evolving accurate knowledge, and also making research advancements that are actually not achievable on Earth. The place is actually a vital testbed for NASA to recognize and conquer the difficulties of long-duration spaceflight as well as to grow commercial chances in reduced The planet track. As commercial companies focus on supplying human area transportation companies as well as locations as part of a strong low Earth orbit economy, NASA is actually focusing much more sources on serious area goals to the Moon as part of Artemis to prepare for potential individual missions to Mars.Learn more concerning International Spaceport station investigation as well as functions at:.https://www.nasa.gov/station.- side-.Josh Finch/ Claire O'SheaHeadquarters, Washington202-358-1100joshua.a.finch@nasa.gov/ claire.a.o'shea@nasa.gov.Sandra JonesJohnson Room Facility, Houston281-483-5111sandra.p.jones@nasa.gov.