October 3, 2019
Categories: GCTC, ISS, Soyuz

The crew of the “Soyuz MS-12” spacecraft, undocked on October 3, 2019 at 10:37 (Moscow time) from the International Space Station, safely returned to Earth.

A descent vehicle with cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin, astronaut Nick Hague and a spaceflight participant Hazza Al Mansouri landed in the Kazakhstan at 14:00 (Moscow time).

All descent and landing operations under the control of the specialists of the Mission Control Center were completed normally.

The crew members, returned to Earth, feel themselves good.

The length of stay in space flight of Alexey Ovchinin and Nick Hague was 203 days, Hazza Al Mansouri – 8 days.

The spacecraft “Soyuz MS-12” has been in the station since March 15, 2019.

During their stay on board the station, the crew completed the program of scientific and applied research and experiments under the program of the long expeditions ISS-59, ISS -60 and the visiting expedition EP-19, supported the operability of the ISS and carried out work with equipment, delivered by cargo ships.

The flight of the International Space Station continues.

Currently, the crew of the ISS-61 expedition, led by commander Luca Parmitano, is the flight engineers Alexander Skvortsov, Oleg Skrypochka, Christina Koch, Andrew Morgan and Jessica Meir.

More from this category:
May 11, 2021

On days off from working to expand the Russian habitat at the International Space Station, the cosmonauts will do their usual job – implement the…

full story
June 19, 2014

State Commission confirmed the date of Dnepr booster launch (from Orenburg region) that is to orbit 33 satellites of 17 countries at Friday night, Cosmotras…

full story
February 17, 2016

After station reboost maneuver medium altitude of the ISS increased by 1,8 km and amounted to 404,4 km, – spokesman for MCC reported. ‘Progress M-29M…

full story
February 15, 2021

At the Baikonur Cosmodrome, final operations has begun to prepare the launch of the Soyuz-2.1a carrier rocket with the Progress MS-16 cargo spacecraft. The teams…

full story
June 28, 2019

Today, on June 28, 2019, a meeting of the Interdepartmental Commission was held at the GCTC, which summarized the readiness for the space flight of…

full story
March 3, 2015

Today on March 03, at 11.00, Moscow time, ISS orbit was adjusted with the help of Progress M-26M cargo vehicle thrusters. The thrusters were inited at…

full story
September 13, 2016

Baikonur saw official flag-raising ceremony. Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Andrei Borisenko raised the flag of Russia, Alexander Misurkin and Nickolay Tikhonov – the flag…

full story
July 3, 2024

Roscosmos will create a new satellite constellation for Earth remote sensing “Autograph”. In the first stages, it will include 14 small Pixel-BP spacecraft. The satellites…

full story