Soyuz TMA-14M Undocks From ISS

The representative of the Mission Control Center annouced that Russian piloted spaceship Soyuz TMA-14M, bringing back Russian cosmonauts Elena Serova and Alexander Samokutyaev and NASA astronaut Barry Wilmore.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Russian piloted spaceship Soyuz TMA-14M, bringing back Russian cosmonauts Elena Serova and Alexander Samokutyaev and NASA astronaut Barry Wilmore, has successfully undocked from the International Space Station (ISS), the representative of the Mission Control Center told RIA Novosti Thursday.

“Soyuz TMA-14M with Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexander Samokutyaev, Elena Serova and NASA astronaut Barry Wilmore undocked from the station at planned time,” the spokesperson for the Mission Control Center said.

The Mission Control Center spokesperson added that the spaceship's engine is due to begin the braking at 01:16 GMT and enter the dense layers of the atmosphere at 01:45 GMT. The command to release the parachute is to be given at 01:54 GMT.

“The planned time of landing is 05:08 a.m. Moscow time [02:08 GMT], [the spacecraft is due to land] about 149 kilometers southeast of the city of Zheskazgan in Kazakhstan,” the spokesperson said.

The expedition 41/42 has spent a total of 169 days at ISS. US astronaut Terry Virts, Roscosmos cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov and European Space Agency astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti will continue working at ISS until the new expedition arrives at the station.