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NASA To Provide Live Coverage of Record-Setting US Astronaut Return Aboard Russian Spacecraft

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  NASA To Provide Live Coverage of Record-Setting US Astronaut Return Aboard Russian Spacecraft  TOPICS: Astronaut International Space Station NASA By   NASA   March 26, 2022 Pictured from left, are the Soyuz MS-19 crew ship and the Nauka multipurpose laboratory module with the Prichal docking module attached. Credit: NASA NASA  astronaut  Mark Vande Hei  and two Roscosmos cosmonauts are scheduled to end their mission aboard the International Space Station and return to Earth on Wednesday, March 30. Vande Hei, along with Anton Shkaplerov and Pyotr Dubrov, will close the hatch to the Russian Soyuz MS-19 spacecraft to begin the journey back to Earth. The Soyuz will undock from the Rassvet module, heading for a parachute-assisted landing Wednesday, March 30, on the steppe of Kazakhstan, southeast of the remote town of Dzhezkazgan. Coverage of the crew’s farewells, undocking, and landing will air live on NASA TV, the agency’s  website , and the  ...