{"id":486071,"date":"2026-07-23T03:17:43","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T17:17:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?guid=cb1f12596af0b8f0ec7718018a10503a"},"modified":"2026-07-23T03:17:43","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T17:17:43","slug":"nasa-sets-coverage-for-astronaut-chris-williams-crewmates-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=486071","title":{"rendered":"NASA Sets Coverage for Astronaut Chris Williams, Crewmates Return"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Roscosmos Soyuz MS 28 spacecraft is pictured in November 2025 shortly after docking to the International Space Station\u2019s Rassvet module.<\/div>\n
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NASA astronaut Chris Williams and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev are wrapping up their 241\u2011day mission aboard the International Space Station.<\/p>\n

The crew and its Soyuz MS-28 spacecraft will undock from the orbiting laboratory\u2019s Rassvet module at 3:02 a.m. EDT Sunday, July 26, heading for a parachute-assisted landing at 6:26 a.m. (3:26 p.m. local time) on the steppe of Kazakhstan, southeast of Dzhezkazgan.<\/p>\n

NASA\u2019s live return coverage will stream through a variety of platforms. Learn where to watch online:<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/live <\/a><\/p>\n

Williams and his crewmates will complete 3,856 orbits and travel more than 102 million miles before returning to Earth. The flight marks the first mission for Williams and Mikaev and the second for Kud\u2011Sverchkov.<\/p>\n

After landing, the crew will fly by helicopter to Karaganda, Kazakhstan, where recovery teams are based. Williams then will return to NASA\u2019s Johnson Space Center in Houston, while Kud\u2011Sverchkov and Mikaev head back to their training base in Star City, Russia.<\/p>\n

NASA\u2019s live return coverage is as follows (all times Eastern and subject to change based on real-time operations):<\/p>\n

Saturday, July 25<\/strong><\/p>\n

9:40 a.m. \u2013 Coverage of the Space Station Expedition 74\/75 change of command ceremony begins.<\/p>\n

Kud\u2011Sverchkov will transfer command of the orbital complex to NASA astronaut Jessica Meir. Expedition 75 officially begins when Soyuz MS\u201128 undocks.<\/p>\n

11:10 p.m. \u2013 Coverage of crew farewells and hatch closing begins.<\/p>\n

11:30 p.m. \u2013 Hatch closing<\/p>\n

Sunday, July 26<\/strong><\/p>\n

2:30 a.m. \u2013 Coverage of undocking begins.<\/p>\n

3:02 a.m. \u2013 Undocking<\/p>\n

5:15 a.m. \u2013 Coverage of deorbit and landing begins.<\/p>\n

5:32 a.m. \u2013 Deorbit burn<\/p>\n

6:26 a.m. \u2013 Landing<\/p>\n

For more than 25 years, people have lived and worked continuously aboard the International Space Station, advancing scientific knowledge and making research breakthroughs not possible on Earth. The space station helps NASA understand and overcome the challenges of human spaceflight, expand commercial opportunities in low Earth orbit, and build on the foundation for long-duration missions to the Moon, as part of the Artemis program, and to Mars.<\/p>\n

To learn more about International Space Station research, operations, and its crews, visit:<\/p>\n

www.nasa.gov\/station<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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Joshua Finch \/ Jimi Russell
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1100
joshua.a.finch@nasa.gov<\/a> \/ james.j.russell@nasa.gov<\/a><\/p>\n

Leah Cheshier \/ Anna Schneider
Johnson Space Center, Houston
281-483-5111
leah.d.cheshier@nasa.gov<\/a> \/ anna.c.schneider@nasa.gov<\/a><\/p>\n

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