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Soyuz Undocks from Station, Crew Heads for Earth Return

At 8:41 p.m. EST, the Soyuz MS-27 spacecraft undocked from the International Space Station’s Prichal module with NASA astronaut Jonny Kim and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritsky aboard.  

NASA’s live coverage of deorbit burn, entry, and landing will begin at 10:30 p.m. on NASA+, Amazon Prime, and YouTube. Learn how to stream NASA content through a variety of platforms, including social media. 

The spacecraft will make a parachute-assisted landing at 12:03 a.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 9 (10:03 a.m. local time in Kazakhstan), on the steppe of Kazakhstan, southeast of the city of Dzhezkazgan. 

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Live on NASA+: Soyuz Crew Undocking from Station Soon

NASA’s live coverage of undocking is now underway on NASA+, Amazon Prime, and YouTube. Learn how to stream NASA content through a variety of platforms, including social media.

At 5:30 p.m. EST, hatches closed between the Soyuz MS-27 spacecraft and the International Space Station in preparation for undocking and the return to Earth of NASA astronaut Jonny Kim and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritsky.

The spacecraft will undock from the orbiting laboratory’s Prichal module at approximately 8:41 p.m. It will make a parachute-assisted landing at 12:03 a.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 9 (10:03 a.m. local time in Kazakhstan), on the steppe of Kazakhstan, southeast of the city of Dzhezkazgan.

Watch NASA’s live coverage of the deorbit burn, entry, and landing, beginning at 10:30 p.m. on NASA+, Amazon Prime, and YouTube.

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Hatches Closed, Crew Inside Soyuz Ready to Depart

At 5:30 p.m. EST, the hatch closed between the Soyuz MS-27 spacecraft and the International Space Station in preparation for undocking and return to Earth.

Watch NASA’s live undocking coverage beginning at 8:15 p.m. on NASA+, Amazon Prime, and YouTube. Learn how to stream NASA content through a variety of platforms, including social media.

NASA astronaut Jonny Kim, accompanied by Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritsky, will undock from the station’s Prichal module at approximately 8:41 p.m., headed for a parachute-assisted landing at 12:03 a.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 9 (10:03 a.m. local time in Kazakhstan), on the steppe of Kazakhstan, southeast of the city of Dzhezkazgan.

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Live on NASA+: Three Crewmates Say Farewell, Set to Depart Station

NASA’s live departure coverage is underway on NASA+, Amazon Prime, and the agency’s YouTube channel. Learn how to stream NASA content through a variety of online platforms, including social media.

NASA astronaut Jonny Kim and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritsky will close the hatch between the Soyuz MS-27 spacecraft and the International Space Station at 5:10 p.m. EST.

The spacecraft will undock from the station’s Prichal module at approximately 8:41 p.m., headed for a parachute-assisted landing at 12:04 a.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 9 (10:04 a.m. local time in Kazakhstan), on the steppe of Kazakhstan, southeast of the city of Dzhezkazgan.

Watch NASA’s live undocking coverage at 8:15 p.m. on NASA+, Amazon Prime, and YouTube.

Kim and his crewmates are completing a 245-day stay aboard the station. At the conclusion of their mission, they will have orbited Earth 3,920 times and traveled nearly 104 million miles. The Soyuz MS-27 spacecraft launched and docked with the station on April 8.

This was the first flight for Kim and Zubritsky to the orbiting laboratory, while Ryzhikov is ending his third trip to space. Ryzhikov will have logged a total of 603 days in space, ranking him 13th all time.

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