Soyuz MS-19

Record-Setting NASA Astronaut, Crewmates Return from Space Station

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Wednesday, March 30, 2022

NASA and the nation are proud to welcome Mark home and grateful for his incredible contributions throughout his year-long stay on the International Space Station."

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  • NASA and the nation are proud to welcome Mark home and grateful for his incredible contributions throughout his year-long stay on the International Space Station."
  • Vande Hei will board a NASA plane bound for Cologne, Germany, for refueling prior to his return home.
  • NASA astronaut Tom Marshburn recently took over as station commander, and is joined by NASA astronauts Raja Chari and Kayla Barron , ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Matthias Maurer , and Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Artemyev, Denis Matveev, and Sergey Korsakov.
  • Learn more about space station activities by following @space_station , and @ISS_Research on Twitter, as well as the ISS Facebook and ISS Instagram accounts and the space station blog .

NASA to Provide Live Coverage of Record-Setting US Astronaut Return

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Thursday, March 24, 2022

WASHINGTON, March 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei and two Roscosmos cosmonauts are scheduled to end their mission aboard theInternational Space Stationand return to Earth on Wednesday, March 30.

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  • WASHINGTON, March 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei and two Roscosmos cosmonauts are scheduled to end their mission aboard theInternational Space Stationand return to Earth on Wednesday, March 30.
  • During the long-duration mission, Vande Hei broke the record for longest single spaceflight by an American astronaut, previously held at 340 days.
  • In advance of Soyuz departure coverage, Shkaplerov will hand over command of the station to NASA astronaut Tom Marshburn during a change of command ceremony.
  • The event will air live on NASA TV, the NASA app, and the agency's website beginning at 9:45 a.m. Tuesday, March 29.

NASA Sets Landing Coverage for Russian Cosmonaut, Actress, Producer

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Tuesday, October 12, 2021

WASHINGTON, Oct. 12, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- NASA will provide complete coverage as three space travelers living aboard the International Space Station , including a Russian actress and her producer-director, return to Earth just after midnight on Sunday, Oct. 17.

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  • WASHINGTON, Oct. 12, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- NASA will provide complete coverage as three space travelers living aboard the International Space Station , including a Russian actress and her producer-director, return to Earth just after midnight on Sunday, Oct. 17.
  • Russian cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy of Roscosmos will be at the controls of the Soyuz MS-18 spacecraft, flanked by Russian actress Yulia Peresild and Russian producer-director Klim Shipenko, for the spacecraft's undocking from the station's Nauka Multipurpose Laboratory Module Saturday, Oct. 16.
  • The trio will make a parachute-assisted landing on the steppe of Kazakhstan a little more than three hours later, at 12:36 a.m. EDT (10:36 a.m. Kazakhstan time) Sunday, Oct. 17.
  • At the time of landing, Novitskiy will have logged 531 days in space on his three flights.

NASA TV Coverage Set for Russian Film Production Launch

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Friday, October 1, 2021

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- NASA will provide coverage of a Tuesday, Oct. 5 launch that will carry a Russian cosmonaut, actress, and film producer to the International Space Station, where they will film segments for a movie.

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  • WASHINGTON, Oct. 1, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- NASA will provide coverage of a Tuesday, Oct. 5 launch that will carry a Russian cosmonaut, actress, and film producer to the International Space Station, where they will film segments for a movie.
  • The launch will mark the expansion of commercial space opportunities to include feature filmmaking.
  • NASA's coverage will begin at 4:15 a.m. on NASA TV, the NASA app , and the agency's website .
  • The spacecraft's docking is expected to take place at 8:12 a.m., with NASA TV coverage beginning at 7:30 a.m.
    About two hours after docking, hatches between the Soyuz and the station will open.

Space Station Crew to Relocate Soyuz, Make Room for New Crewmates

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Wednesday, September 22, 2021

This will be the first time a spacecraft has attached to the new Nauka module, which arrived at the station in July.

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  • This will be the first time a spacecraft has attached to the new Nauka module, which arrived at the station in July.
  • Live coverage of the maneuver will begin at 8 a.m. on NASA Television, the NASA app , and the agency's website .
  • The relocation will free the Rassvet port for the docking of another Soyuz spacecraft, designated Soyuz MS-19, which will carry three Russian crew members to the station in October.
  • This will be the 20th Soyuz port relocation in station history and the first since March 2021.