Soyuz MS-24 Hatch Closure for Crew's Earth Return | International Space Station

Soyuz MS-24 Hatch Closure for Crew's Earth Return | International Space Station

The Soyuz MS-24 spacecraft’s hatch was closed on April 6, 2024, at 00:45 UTC. Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy (Олег Новицкий) of Russia, NASA astronaut Loral O’Hara of the United States and Cosmonaut Marina Vasilevskaya (Марына Васілеўская) of Belarus are departing the International Space Station with Soyuz MS-24 scheduled to undock on April 6, 2024, at 03:54 UTC. 

An international partnership of space agencies provides and operates the elements of the International Space Station (ISS). The principals are the space agencies of the United States, Russia, Europe, Japan, and Canada. The ISS has been the most politically complex space exploration program ever undertaken.

Video Credit: NASA/Roscosmos

Acknowledgement: SciNews

Duration: 1 minute, 47 seconds

Release Date: April 5, 2024

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