Soyuz MS Spacecraft With Three Crew Members Undocks ISS (LIVE)

Soyuz MS spacecraft carrying back to the Earth three astronauts detached from the International Space Station, the mission control center of the Russian Federal Space Agency said Sunday.

KOROLYOV (Sputnik) — Soyuz is expected to enter the Earth atmosphere at 03:36 a.m. GMT and land in Kazakhstan at 03:59 a.m. GMT.

"The crew said goodbye to colleagues who remain at the station, went on board the Soyuz MS manned spacecraft and closed the passage ways", — said the representative of the Mission Control Center.

Undocking confirmed! Soyuz MS-01 crew capsule is heading back to Earth with three-person space station crew. https://t.co/3xkXCL63di pic.twitter.com/N22qsSJujC

— Spaceflight Now (@SpaceflightNow) October 30, 2016

​At 6:59 am Moscow time module must land on the territory of Kazakhstan to the south of the city of Zhezkazgan. The weather conditions in the landing zone are expected to be propitious.

The launch of the Soyuz MS 03 spacecraft carrying a new ISS mission is planned for November 17.

Undocking confirmed! #Exp49 crew @Astro_Kate7, Anatoly Ivanishin & Takuya Onishi are on their way back to Earth. #SoyuzMS01 pic.twitter.com/5mqZgZNX7j

— AmericaSpace (@AmericaSpace) October 30, 2016