NASA astronaut Jonny Kim (L), and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov (C), and Alexey Zubritskiy are scheduled to depart the International Space Station on Monday, ending their 245-day mission. Photo by Joel Kowsky/NASA/UPI | License Photo
Dec. 5 (UPI) -- Astronaut Jonny Kim and two Roscosmos cosmonauts are scheduled to depart the International Space Station on Monday evening and land in Kazakhstan the following morning.
Kim and cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexy Zubritsky will undock from the ISS's Prichal module at 8:41 p.m. EST on Monday and undergo a parachute-assisted landing southeast of Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, at 10:04 a.m. local time, NASA announced on Thursday.
They arrived at the ISS aboard a Soyuz-27 spacecraft in April after launching from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan and will return on the same spacecraft, covering the 262 miles to Earth.
Upon landing, the trio will be flown via helicopter to Karaganda, Kazakhstan, to join their respective recovery teams.
