{"id":16010,"date":"2026-07-26T02:01:51","date_gmt":"2026-07-26T06:01:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zobi.alcowep.com\/bourtagshdrevxnls658739\/expedition-74-crew-boarding-soyuz-saying-farewell-to-station-soon\/"},"modified":"2026-07-26T02:01:51","modified_gmt":"2026-07-26T06:01:51","slug":"expedition-74-crew-boarding-soyuz-saying-farewell-to-station-soon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zobi.alcowep.com\/bourtagshdrevxnls658739\/expedition-74-crew-boarding-soyuz-saying-farewell-to-station-soon\/","title":{"rendered":"Expedition 74 Crew Boarding Soyuz, Saying Farewell to Station Soon"},"content":{"rendered":"

Expedition 74 Crew Boarding Soyuz, Saying Farewell to Station Soon<\/h2>\n

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Soyuz MS-28 crew members (from left) NASA astronaut Chris Williams and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergey Mikaev pose for a portrait at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Russia on Feb. 10, 2025.<\/div>\n
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NASA\u2019s live coverage of crew farewells and Soyuz MS-28 spacecraft hatch closing aboard the International Space Station<\/a> now is streaming across multiple platforms. Watch online at https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/live<\/a>.<\/p>\n

NASA astronaut Chris Williams<\/a> and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud\u2011Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev will close the hatch between the Soyuz and the space station at approximately 11:30 p.m. EDT.<\/p>\n

Williams and his crewmates are wrapping up 241 days in space, where they will have logged 3,856 orbits and more than 102 million miles traveled. The Soyuz MS\u201128 spacecraft launched and docked with the station on Nov. 27, 2025. This mission marks the first spaceflight for Williams and Mikaev and the second for Kud\u2011Sverchkov.<\/p>\n

NASA will continue live coverage of the crew\u2019s return on Sunday, July 26 (all times Eastern and subject to change based on real\u2011time operations):<\/p>\n