{"id":328089,"date":"2025-12-06T00:26:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-06T00:26:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/328089\/"},"modified":"2025-12-06T00:26:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-06T00:26:07","slug":"astronaut-jonny-kim-2-cosmonauts-scheduled-for-iss-departure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/328089\/","title":{"rendered":"Astronaut Jonny Kim, 2 cosmonauts scheduled for ISS departure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Dec. 5 (UPI) &#8212; Astronaut Jonny Kim and two Roscosmos cosmonauts are scheduled to depart the International Space Station on Monday evening and land in Kazakhstan the following morning.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Kim and cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexy Zubritsky will undock from the ISS&#8217;s Prichal module at 8:41 p.m. EST on Monday and undergo a parachute-assisted landing southeast of Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, at 10:04 a.m. local time, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/news-release\/nasa-sets-coverage-for-astronaut-jonny-kim-crewmates-return\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:NASA announced;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">NASA announced<\/a> on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">They arrived at the ISS aboard a Soyuz-27 spacecraft in April after launching from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Science_News\/2025\/04\/08\/kazakhstan-Jonny-Kim-launches-International-Space-Station\/4491744095248\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:will return;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">will return<\/a> on the same spacecraft, covering the 262 miles to Earth.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Upon landing, the trio will be flown via helicopter to Karaganda, Kazakhstan, to join their respective recovery teams.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A NASA aircraft will convey Kim to Houston, while Ryzhikov and Zubritsky will travel to the Roscosmos training base in Star City, Russia.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">NASA will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/ways-to-watch\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:stream the event;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">stream the event<\/a> on NASA+, the NASA YouTube channel, Amazon Prime and several social media platforms.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Their departure ends Ryzhikov&#8217;s command of the ISS, which he is scheduled to turn over to NASA astronaut Mark Fincke during a ceremony scheduled at 10:30 a.m. EST on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">NASA also will stream the change-of-command ceremony.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Kim, Ryzhikov and Zubritsky are approaching the end of their 245-day mission aboard the ISS, during which they will have orbited Earth 3,920 times and traveled nearly 104 million miles.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The deployment is Ryzhikov&#8217;s third at the ISS and the first for Kim and Zubritsky.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The ISS has hosted international space crews for more than 25 years as they work to advance scientific knowledge by conducting research that is not possible on Earth.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The ISS recently had all eight of its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Science_News\/2025\/12\/02\/space-all-space-station-docking-ports-occupied-first-time-2025\/9531764721272\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:docking ports occupied;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">docking ports occupied<\/a> for the first time, and its crew in September managed to dock Northrup Grumman&#8217;s Cygnus XL Cargo Craft after thruster problems delayed its arrival while carrying 11,000 pounds of cargo and scientific equipment to the ISS.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dec. 5 (UPI) &#8212; 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