NASA Astronaut and Cosmonauts Set to Return to Earth After Yearlong Mission
TL;DR
NASA astronaut Frank Rubio and two Russian cosmonauts are set to return to Earth on September 27 after spending over a year in space. The trio will depart from the International Space Station (ISS) aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft and touch down in Kazakhstan. The entire event will be livestreamed on Space.com, with coverage starting at 12 a.m. EDT. Rubio, Prokopyev, and Petelin's mission was extended due to a Soyuz leak, and if they land on time, their mission will have lasted 371 days, making Rubio the new American record holder for the longest continuous spaceflight.
- Watch a NASA astronaut and 2 cosmonauts return to Earth after 1 year in space on Sept. 27 Space.com
- NASA astronaut Frank Rubio returning to Earth after U.S. record-setting yearlong space station flight CBS News
- Change of Station Command as Three Crew Members Prepare to Depart Early Wednesday NASA Blogs
- Accidental 1-year astronaut crew hands over command of ISS ahead of Sept. 27 landing Space.com
- Two cosmonauts, NASA astronaut head for Wednesday landing after yearlong mission – Spaceflight Now Spaceflight Now
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