NASA Sets Coverage for Astronaut Chris Williams and Crewmates' Return to Earth

• NASA astronaut Chris Williams and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev are returning to Earth after a 241-day mission on the International Space Station (ISS).
• The crew will undock their Soyuz MS-28 spacecraft on Sunday, July 26, at 3:03 a.m. EDT.
• Landing is scheduled for 6:25 a.m. EDT on the steppe of Kazakhstan, southeast of Dzhezkazgan.

Mission Statistics

• Total duration: 241 days.
• Distance traveled: More than 102 million miles.
• Orbits completed: 3,856.
• Crew experience: First spaceflight for Williams and Mikaev; second for Kud-Sverchkov.

Return Timeline (All times EDT)

• Saturday, July 25:
  • 9:40 a.m.: Change of command ceremony (Kud-Sverchkov hands over to Jessica Meir).
  • 11:10 p.m.: Crew farewells and hatch closing coverage.
  • 11:30 p.m.: Hatch closing.
• Sunday, July 26:
  • 2:30 a.m.: Undocking coverage.
  • 3:03 a.m.: Undocking.
  • 5:15 a.m.: Deorbit and landing coverage.
  • 5:31 a.m.: Deorbit burn.
  • 6:25 a.m.: Landing.

Post-Landing Logistics

• The crew will travel by helicopter to Karaganda, Kazakhstan, for initial recovery.
• Chris Williams will proceed to NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston.
• Kud-Sverchkov and Mikaev will return to their training base in Star City, Russia.