Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergei Prokopyev, Dmitry Petelin and NASA astronaut Frank Rubio complete the transition from the International Space Station to the Soyuz MS-23 spacecraft and close the hatch in preparation for landing on Earth, livestream Web site “Roskosmos”.
Now the spacecraft’s crew will need to put on their spacesuits and take their places in the cradle. At approximately 13:24 Moscow time, the ship will enter autonomous flight, start its engines to brake and descend from orbit. Landing is expected to take place this afternoon.
It was previously known that it was planned for the afternoon of Wednesday, September 27. landing The manned spacecraft Soyuz MS-23 with its three crew members is in the steppes of Kazakhstan.
Thus will end the year-long expedition of Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergei Prokopyev, Dmitry Petelin and NASA astronaut Frank Rubio, the longest expedition in the history of human space exploration.
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