After 168 days in space, Mark Vande Hei and Joe Acaba of NASA and Commander Alexander Misurkin of Roscosmos are scheduled to complete their mission on the International Space Station and return to Earth. Live coverage will begin on NASA-TV and www.nasa.gov on Monday, Feb. 26, with the change of command ceremony. Coverage will continue on Tuesday, Feb. 27, at 2:15 p.m, beginning with the farewell and hatch closing.
In the Korolev Museum at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 53-54 crewmembers Joe Acaba of NASA (left), Alexander Misurkin of Roscosmos (center) and Mark Vande Hei of NASA (right) display “launch keys” during a museum visit Sept. 7 as part of pre-launch activities. They will launch Sept. 13 on the Soyuz MS-06 spacecraft for a five and a half month mission on the International Space Station.
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