mardi 28 mars 2023

Uncrewed Soyuz Spacecraft Undocks from Station and Lands in Kazakhstan

 






 

ROSCOSMOS - Soyuz MS-22 (Uncrewed) patch.


March 28, 2023

Uncrewed Soyuz Spacecraft Undocks from Station

Image above: The Soyuz MS-22 begins to depart the station following its undocking from the Rassvet module. Image Credit: NASA TV.

The uncrewed Roscosmos Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft undocked from the International Space Station at 5:57 a.m. EDT, heading for an automated, parachute-assisted landing in Kazakhstan at 7:45 a.m. (5:45 p.m. Kazakhstan time).

Soyuz MS-22 undocking and departure

Expedition 69 officially began aboard the station at the time of undocking. Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Prokopyev is the station commander for the crew consisting of NASA astronauts Stephen Bowen, Woody Hoburg, and Frank Rubio, UAE (United Arab Emirates) astronaut Sultan Alneyadi, and Roscosmos cosmonauts Andrey Fedyaev and Dmitri Petelin.

Uncrewed Soyuz Spaceship Lands in Kazakhstan


Image above: March 28, 2023: International Space Station Configuration. Five spacecraft are parked at the space station including the SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour and Cargo Dragon vehicles, the Northrop Grumman Cygnus space freighter, and Russia’s Soyuz MS-23 crew ship and Progress 83 resupply ship. Image Credit: NASA.

The uncrewed Roscosmos Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft made an automated, parachute-assisted landing in Kazakhstan at 7:46 a.m. EDT (5:46 p.m. Kazakhstan time) on Tuesday after undocking from the International Space Station at 5:57 a.m.

Soyuz MS-22 landing

Remaining aboard the station is the seven-person crew of Expedition 69 with Station Commander Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos, NASA astronauts Stephen Bowen, Woody Hoburg, and Frank Rubio, UAE (United Arab Emirates) astronaut Sultan Alneyadi, and Roscosmos cosmonauts Andrey Fedyaev and Dmitri Petelin.

Related links:

Soyuz MS-22: https://www.roscosmos.ru/tag/sojuz-ms-22/

Rassvet module: https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/structure/elements/rassvet

International Space Station (ISS): https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html

Images (mentioned), Videos, Text, Credits: NASA/Mark Garcia/NASA TV/SciNews.

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