Soyuz MS-04
Three crew members are gearing up for their return to Earth Saturday night aboard the Soyuz MS-04 spacecraft, set for a blazing entry through Earth's atmosphere for a parachute-and-rocket-assisted landing maneuver in South-Central Kazakhstan. Returning from the International Space Station are fifth-time space flier Fyodor Yurchikhin, NASA Astronaut Jack Fischer, and NASA's Peggy Whitson who is coming home after 289 days spent in space, holding the overall NASA record for career time in space.
Launch: April 20, 2017 | Mission Updates |
Mission Duration: 136 Days (MS-04) | Soyuz MS Spacecraft |
Docking Port: Poisk | Soyuz FG Launch Vehicle |
Return to Earth: September 2/3, 2017 | Fyodor Yurchikhin |
Hatch Closure: 18:40 UTC | Jack Fischer |
Undocking: 21:58 UTC | Peggy Whitson |
D/O Burn: 00:28:54 UTC (279sec, 128m/s) | Photo Galleries |
Landing: 01:22 UTC | Video Galleries |
Landing Site: 148 km S-E of Dzhezkazgan | ISS Expedition 52 |