Expedition 22 Leaves Station, Expedition 23 Begins

(NASA) - Expedition 22 Commander Jeff Williams and Flight Engineer Maxim Suraev have completed their mission aboard the International Space Station after 167 days. They entered the Soyuz TMA-16 spacecraft, then undocked from the Poisk Mini-Research Module at 4:03 a.m. EDT. After entering the Earth?s atmosphere they will parachute to a landing in Kazakhstan at 7:23 a.m.

Staying behind are Flight Engineers Soichi Noguchi and T.J. Creamer and new Expedition 23 Commander Oleg Kotov. The trio,  [...]

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