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    Expedition 56 Trio Undocks For Trip Home

    Soyuz MS-08 Spacecraft

    Expedition 56 Commander Drew Feustel and Flight Engineer Ricky Arnold of NASA, along with Flight Engineer and Soyuz Commander Oleg Artemyev of the Russian space agency Roscosmos undocked from the International Space Station at 3:57 a.m. EDT to begin their trip home. Deorbit burn is scheduled for approximately 6:51 a.m., with landing in Kazakhstan targeted …

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    Crews Say Farewell, Close Soyuz and Station Hatches

    Expedition 55-56 crew members Ricky Arnold, Oleg Artemyev and Drew Feustel

    At 1:06 a.m. EDT, the hatches were closed between the Soyuz spacecraft and the International Space Station in preparation for undocking. Expedition 56 Commander Drew Feustel and Flight Engineer Ricky Arnold of NASA, along with Flight Engineer and Soyuz Commander Oleg Artemyev of the Russian space agency Roscosmos, are scheduled to undock their Soyuz at …

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    Crews Switch Command as Trio Readies for Departure

    Expedition 56 Crew Members

    A European astronaut has taken command of the International Space Station for the second time since 2009. Alexander Gerst of ESA (European Space Agency) accepted control of the orbital lab today from NASA astronaut and Expedition 56 Commander Drew Feustel. Feustel is returning to Earth Thursday at 7:45 a.m. EDT with fellow crew members Ricky …

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    U.S., German Astronauts Swapping Command Before Homecoming

    Astronauts Drew Feustel and Alexander Gerst

    A NASA astronaut will swap command of the International Space Station with a European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Wednesday at 10:10 a.m. live on NASA TV. Expedition 56 Commander Drew Feustel will be handing the station “keys” over to German astronaut Alexander Gerst during the traditional change of command ceremony. Expedition 57 officially starts Thursday …

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    October Starts With Crew Swap Then Spacewalks

    Expedition 56 crew members Drew Feustel and Oleg Artemyev

    October will be a busy month as a pair of crews get ready to swap places on the International Space Station followed by a pair of spacewalks. Also, Japan’s HTV-7 resupply ship is open for business and the Expedition 56 crew has begun unloading its science and supplies. Station commander Drew Feustel is preparing to …

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