SPACE: The hatches have been closed between the International Space Station (ISS) and Soyuz module, as Russian ISS commander Maxim Surayev, NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman and ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst prepare on Sunday for their return to earth. The trio are expected to undock from ISS at 7:30 p.m. (ET) to make their homebound journey, touching down at around 11 p.m. This content is embeddable: NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration via Facebook At 4:27 p.m. EST, hatches closed between the International Space Station and Soyuz TMA-13M. Expedition 41 crew members Reid Wiseman, Alexander Gerst and Soyuz Commander Maxim Suraev are preparing to undock at 7:31 p.m. In this photo, one of the remaining space station crew members, Alexander Samokutyaev, takes a look at the hatch to the Soyuz that just closed. The trio spent 165 days on the space station.
Posted on: Sun, 09 Nov 2014 21:43:11 +0000
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