The crew closed the hatch between the Soyuz MSтАС28 spacecraft and the International Space Station at 11:45 p.m. EDT, setting the stage for undocking and return to Earth.
NASAтАЩs live departure coverage will continue on Sunday, July 26, as NASA astronaut Chris Williams and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey KudтАСSverchkov and Sergei Mikaev undock from the orbital complex (all times Eastern and subject to change based on realтАСtime operations):
- 2:30 a.m. тАУ Undocking coverage begins
- 3:03 a.m. тАУ Undocking from the space stationтАЩs Rassvet module
- 5:15 a.m. тАУ Coverage of deorbit and landing begins
- 5:31 a.m. тАУ Deorbit burn
- 6:25 a.m. тАУ Landing on the Kazakh steppe, southeast of Dzhezkazgan
MSтАС28 return events are streaming through a variety of platforms. Learn where to watch online https://www.nasa.gov/live.
Learn more about station activities by following the space station blog, @space_station on X, as well as the ISS Facebook and ISS Instagram accounts.
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