NASA Astronaut Don Pettit Soyuz MS-26 Space Station Farewells and Hatch Closing
Watch as three International Space Station crew members—NASA astronaut Don Pettit, along with Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner—begin final preparations for their return to Earth aboard Soyuz MS-26, currently targeted for Saturday, April 19.
(In local time, MS-26 will touch down on Sunday, April 20: Pettit’s 70th birthday!)
After entering the Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft, the spacecraft’s hatch will close at approximately 2:25 p.m. EDT (1825 UTC); the spacecraft is scheduled to undock at 5:57 p.m. EDT (2157 UTC).
See the full schedule for Don Pettit’s return to Earth: https://go.nasa.gov/3Eg3z2l
Learn more about the Commercial Crew program: https://go.nasa.gov/3GdWgJ9
Follow the latest mission updates: https://go.nasa.gov/3Eg3z2l
Credit: NASA
