Soyuz MS-06/Expedition 45 crew: Joe Acaba, Alexander Misurkin, Mark Vande Hei
Commander Alexander Misurkin, Joe Acaba and Mark Vande Hei will climb back into Soyuz MS-06, today about 2:15p and depart the International Space Station, landing about 9:30pm (EST) in Kazakhstan.
Soyuz MS-06 launched back on September 12, 2017 where they joined the second part of Expedition 53. In December, Misurkin became commander of the ISS for Expedition 54, when Soyuz MS-07 brought three more astronauts to ISS.
Misurkin, Acaba and Vande Hei have spent 168 days in space, orbiting Earth 2,688 times. They conducted many experiments including maintenance. During one EVA, they replaced a degraded latching end effector (LEE) on one end of the Canadarm2 robotic arm, which the crews have affectionately named "Mr. Roboto".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expedition_54
https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2018/02/23/crew-goes-into-weekend-preparing-to-split-up-on-tuesday/
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