The veteran NASA astronaut, who flew to the orbit for more than seven months with two Russians to return to Earth.
Don Betette, who arrived on September 11, is expected to leave for his third at the International Space Station, on April 19 with astronauts on the same Soyuz area capsule that you moved to the tropical laboratory.
For more than 200 days, Pettit lived, as well as Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner – both from Roscosmos Space in Russia – and worked at the space station while conducting scientific research to explore and maintain the performance station in the future. Many Pettit time also overlapped the station with the tropical task of Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams after the Boeing Starliner spacecraft fails.
The imminent departure of the three areas will come 11 days after the arrival of an alternative crew that included NASA astronaut Johnny Kim.
Here is what to know about the space light in Pettit and how to see it returns with Ovchinin and Vagner.
Who is Don Betit? The NASA astronaut arrived at ISS in September
NASA Dun Betett’s astronaut shaves the Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft for a mission to the International Space Station.
BetitThe 70 -year -old on Sunday, was now transferred in three long -term missions to the space station since it was It was chosen as an astronaut in 1996.
Born in the state of Oregon, she holds a certificate in chemical engineering from Oregon State University and a doctorate from Arizona University. Before becoming an astronaut, he worked as an employee of the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico.
The first space distance in Betit came in 2003 when he held the position of a science officer during the six months Expedition 6 At space station. Previously, he also worked as a flight engineer at the International Space Station for Expeeded 30 and 31 Between 2011 and 2012, where he lived in space for more than a year.
In 2008, Betit was part of a Space shuttle mission Delivery of equipment to the space station.
Betit fourth and latest out of the space distance from Earth in September, when he fired with Ovchinin and Vagner on the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft. The car that was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, the Space Agency in Roscosmos in Kazakhstan.
The astronaut, Don Stet, inspects the space on the Quest Airlock station at the International Space Station.
NASA to the return trip
Now, after about 220 days, the three spacecraft prepare to return to Earth.
Pettit, Ovchinin and Vagner are planning to remove it on April 19 from the orbits laboratory Rassvet unit At 5:57 pm East time, heading to a decline with the help of the umbrella at 9:20 pm in a remote area of Kazakhstan.
NASA will provide live coverage for the return trip, which begins at 2 pm Each time on April 19 at the Space Agency live broadcast service, NASA+.
The driving change ceremony will be held the previous day at 2:40 pm Eastern April 18th, which is NASA You will also live broadcast.
A complete coverage schedule can be found here.
After returning to Earth, the three crew members will fly on a helicopter from the location of landing to the city of Karaganda. From there, Pettit will set a NASA for a trip to Houston, while Ovchin and Vagner will leave for a training base in Star City, Russia.
ExpeiedITion 73 to start at the International Space Station
The 72 -exploration crew gathering 72 at a welcome ceremony (from the left) from NASA astronauts Johnny Kim and the scent of dedication to Rosimos Sergey Resikov and Alexei Zubitskoy. Expedition 73 will start soon after the departure of three spacecraft, including NASA Don Bette, in the left.
The imminent departure of the outgoing pioneers of the outgoing space paves the way for The latest expatriates To start soon in the 73rd campaign at the space station.
NASA astronaut Johnny Kim and astronaut Sergey Resikov and Alexei Zubitsky were from the latest space to reach the station on April 8.
Their arrival came less than a month after reaching four international spaces on the Spacex mission known as Crew-10 to the space station. This task has put the headlines for its role in preparing the way for NASA’s astronauts who flew on Boeing Starlener notorious to return home with the 9th crew unit.
The NASA’s Crew-10 mission includes NASA astronaut Ann McLeanIn the pilot Nicole AiresRoscosmos Cosmonaut Kirill Peskov and Japanese astronauts Takoya Unishi From the Japanese space exploration agency (Jaxa
After that, the new crew at the space station will wait It is scheduled to be launched early on Monday morning From the Kennedy Space Center in NASA in Florida.
Erik Lagata covers the broken and commercial news for USA Today. Access to Elagatta@gannett.com
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