After spending half a year with one another, it has been quite a change to return and not see each other every day. It was really nice to get the gang back together last week for debriefs! This new
@Space_Station
elevator at
@NASA_Johnson
made
@lunarloral
@Astro_Andreas
…
#ICYMI
: Astronaut Loral O'Hara rode the Soyuz MS-24 crew ship back to Earth with cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy, and spaceflight participant Marina Vasilevskaya landing in Kazakhstan at 3:17am ET (12:17pm Kazakh time) on Saturday. More...
Loral O’Hara of
@NASA_Astronauts
is now back on Earth after 204 days in space, covering 3,264 orbits around the globe and 86.5 million miles.
O’Hara undocked from the International Space Station (
@iss
) aboard the Soyuz MS-24 with Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy and…
.
@lunarloral
has landed safely! For the past six months, NASA astronaut Loral O'Hara has been aboard the
@Space_Station
, where she conducted a spacewalk and numerous scientific investigations.
Welcome home!
Welcome home! After 204 days in space, NASA astronaut Loral O'Hara, and after 14 days in space, Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy and Belarus spaceflight participant Marina Vasilevskaya have returned to Earth in Kazakhstan. More 📷:
With a safe landing at 3:17am ET (0717 UTC), a mission spanning 204 days in space, 3,264 orbits of the Earth, and 86.5 million miles comes to a close for NASA astronaut
@LunarLoral
.
The Soyuz MS-24 spacecraft is soaring through Earth's atmosphere, the crew is feeling gravity, and the parachutes will soon open for a landing at 3:17am ET today.
Watch live as a Soyuz spacecraft carrying
@LunarLoral
and her crewmates re-enters Earth's atmosphere and parachutes to landing. Touchdown is expected at 3:17am ET (0717 UTC).
The Soyuz MS-24 spacecraft with three crewmates aboard undocked from the station at 11:54pm ET on Friday. The trio will return to Earth at 3:17am on Saturday. More...
Undocking confirmed at 11:54pm ET (0354 UTC). A crew of three, including
@LunarLoral
, begin their journey home to Earth. Landing is expected at 3:17am ET (0717 UTC).
With their spacecraft hatch closed, the crew of three is ready for departure.
@LunarLoral
, who spent six months on the
@Space_Station
, contributed to dozens of scientific investigations and tech demonstrations:
Live now,
@LunarLoral
and her crewmates say farewell as they prepare to depart from the
@Space_Station
. Hatch closure is scheduled for approximately 8:36pm ET (0036 UTC):
This week on
#SpaceToGround
, NASA astronaut Loral O’Hara is set to return to Earth on Saturday, April 6. Astronauts aboard the station are getting ready to view the solar
#eclipse
from space. Join
@NASA
for live coverage Monday, April 8 as the eclipse moves across North America.