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Houston TX (SPX) Sep 23, 2010 Expedition 24 Commander Alexander Skvortsov and Flight Engineers Tracy Caldwell Dyson and Mikhail Kornienko made final preparations Wednesday for their departure from the International Space Station and their return home. They are set to depart the station aboard their Soyuz TMA-18 spacecraft Thursday with hatch closure scheduled for 6:20 p.m. EDT, undocking at 9:35 p.m. and landing in the steppes of Kazakhstan at about 12:55 a.m. Friday. To prepare the Soyuz for departure, Skvortsov, Kornienko and Caldwell Dyson conducted a checkout of its systems and stowed items for return to Earth. Once they undock, Expedition 25 will begin its increment with Commander Doug Wheelock and Flight Engineers Shannon Walker and Fyodor Yurchikhin continuing their stay on the station. Skvortsov ceremonially handed command of the station over to Wheelock on Wednesday. Meanwhile, Wheelock, Walker and Yurchikhin participated in an emergency Soyuz descent drill with Russian flight control teams to prepare for the unlikely event that they would need to evacuate the station aboard the spacecraft. Wheelock, Walker and Caldwell Dyson also had time scheduled to relocate crew living quarters from the Japanese Kibo laboratory to the U.S. Harmony module.
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ISS Departure PreparationsHouston TX (SPX) Sep 21, 2010 Expedition 24 Commander Alexander Skvortsov and Flight Engineers Tracy Caldwell Dyson and Mikhail Kornienko spent Monday preparing for their departure Thursday from the International Space Station. They packed items to be returned to Earth in their Soyuz TMA-18 spacecraft, reviewed deorbit and landing procedures and checked out their Sokol launch and entry suits. Once they undock, Expediti ... read more |
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