Space

NASA Puts Insurance Coverage for Astronaut Tracy C. Dyson, Crewmates Return

.NASA rocketeer Tracy C. Dyson, alonged with Roscosmos cosmonauts Nikolai Chub and also Oleg Kononenko, will depart from the International Spaceport Station aboard the Soyuz MS-25 space capsule, and return to The planet.Dyson, Chub, and Kononenko will certainly undock from the orbiting lab's Prichal component at 4:37 a.m. EDT Monday, Sept. 23, heading for a parachute-assisted landing at 8 a.m. (5 p.m. Kazakhstan opportunity) on the steppe of Kazakhstan, southeast of the town of Dzhezkazgan.NASA's live coverage of return and relevant tasks will flow on NASA+ and also the agency's web site. Know just how to stream NASA information through a selection of platforms, consisting of social media.A modification of order ceremony also will certainly stream on NASA systems at 10:15 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 22. Kononenko will definitely entrust station order to NASA rocketeer Suni Williams for Trip 72, which starts back then of undocking.Reaching 184 times precede, Dyson's purpose includes dealing with 2,944 tracks of the Earth and also a trip of 78 thousand miles. The Soyuz MS-25 spacecraft launched March 23, and also came to the station March 25, along with Dyson, Roscosmos astronaut Oleg Novitskiy, as well as spaceflight individual Port Vasilevskaya of Belarus. Novitskiy and also Vasilevskaya were aboard the terminal for 12 days before returning home with NASA astronaut Loral O'Hara on April 6.Kononenko as well as Chub, that released with O'Hara to the terminal on the Soyuz MS-24 spacecraft last September, are going to return after 374 times in space and also a journey of 158.6 million kilometers, stretching over 5,984 orbits.Dyson spent her 4th spaceflight aboard the station as an Expedition 70 and 71 tour developer, and also leaves along with Kononenko, finishing his 5th air travel right into room and also accruing an enduring document 1,111 days in track, and also Chub, who completed his 1st spaceflight.After coming back to Planet, the 3 crew participants will fly on a chopper coming from the touchdown internet site to the recovery setting up city of Karaganda, Kazakhstan. Dyson will definitely panel a NASA aircraft and also return to Houston, while Kononenko as well as Chub are going to depart for a training base in Superstar Metropolitan area, Russia.NASA's protection is actually as adheres to (all times Eastern and also conditional based upon real-time operations):.Sunday, Sept. 22.10:15 a.m.-- Trip 71/72 modification of demand event starts on NASA+ and the firm's web site.Monday, Sept. 23.12:45 a.m.-- Hatch shutting protection begins on NASA+ as well as the agency's site.1:05 a.m.-- Hatch closing.4 a.m.-- Undocking protection begins on NASA+ as well as the organization's internet site.4:37 a.m.-- Undocking.6:45 a.m.-- Coverage starts for deorbit burn, entry, and also landing on NASA+ and the organization's site.7:05 a.m.-- Deorbit shed.8 a.m.-- Touchdown.For more than twenty years, individuals have resided and also worked consistently aboard the International Space Station, evolving technology, and also bring in research study innovations that are not feasible in the world. The station is a vital testbed for NASA to know and also conquer the challenges of long-duration spaceflight and to broaden industrial opportunities in reduced Planet orbit. As business business concentrate on supplying human area transportation services and destinations as aspect of a strong low Planet track economic condition, NASA is actually concentrating much more resources on serious area objectives to the Moon as component of Artemis in preparation for future human objectives to Mars.Find out more concerning International Spaceport station research and also procedures at:.https://www.nasa.gov/station.- end-.Josh Finch/ Claire O'SheaHeadquarters, Washington202-358-1100joshua.a.finch@nasa.gov/ claire.a.o'shea@nasa.gov.Sandra JonesJohnson Area Facility, Houston281-483-5111sandra.p.jones@nasa.gov.