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NASA is providing live coverage on NASA TV and the agency\u2019s website<\/a> as three people aboard the International Space Station<\/a> prepare to close the hatches between the station and their spacecraft in preparation for their return to Earth from space. Hatch closure is expected at 12:15 a.m. EDT.<\/p>\n After closing the hatch to their Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft, NASA astronaut and Expedition 60<\/a> Flight Engineer Nick Hague<\/a>, Expedition 60 and Soyuz commander Alexey Ovchinin of the Russian space agency Roscosmos, and visiting astronaut Hazzaa Ali Almansoori of the United Arab Emirates will prepare to undock from the station\u2019s Rassvet module at 3:37 a.m. for their landing in Kazakhstan at 7 a.m.<\/p>\n Hague and Ovchinin, along with fellow NASA astronaut Christina Koch<\/a>, launched and arrived at the space station on March 14 to begin their 203-day mission. The Expedition 60 crew contributed to hundreds of experiments<\/a> in biology, biotechnology, physical science and Earth science, including investigations into devices that mimic the structure and function of human organs<\/a>, free-flying robots<\/a>, and an instrument to measure Earth\u2019s distribution of carbon dioxide<\/a>.<\/p>\n Almansoori, the first astronaut from the UAE, is concluding an eight-day stay on board the station since launching Sept. 25 with NASA astronaut Jessica Meir<\/a> and Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos.<\/p>\n Learn more about station activities by following the space station blog<\/a>, @space_station<\/a> and @ISS_Research<\/a> on Twitter as well as the\u00a0ISS Facebook<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0ISS Instagram<\/a>\u00a0accounts.<\/p>\n Get The Details…<\/a><\/p>\n Mark Garcia <\/p>\n Powered by WPeMatico<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" NASA is providing live coverage on NASA TV and the agency\u2019s website<\/a> as three people aboard the International Space Station<\/a> prepare to close the hatches between the station and their spacecraft in preparation for their return to Earth from space. Hatch closure is expected at 12:15 a.m. EDT.<\/p>\n After closing the hatch to their Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft, NASA astronaut and Expedition 60<\/a> Flight Engineer Nick Hague<\/a>, Expedition 60 and Soyuz commander Alexey Ovchinin of the Russian space agency Roscosmos, and visiting astronaut Hazzaa Ali Almansoori of the United Arab Emirates will prepare to undock from the station\u2019s Rassvet module at 3:37 a.m. for their landing in Kazakhstan at 7 a.m.<\/p>\n Hague and Ovchinin, along with fellow NASA astronaut Christina Koch<\/a>, launched and arrived at the space station on March 14 to begin their 203-day \u2026 Continue reading NASA TV Broadcasts Crew Farewell and Spacecraft Hatch Closure<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n
The homecoming crew with (from left) NASA astronaut Nick Hague, Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin and visiting astronaut Hazzaa Ali Almansoori of the United Arab Emriates. <\/p>\n