NASA astronaut Tracy Dyson safely returned to Earth in Kazakhstan on Monday, September 23, after travelling 78 million miles in area aboard a Soyuz pill. Along her have been Russian cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub, who additionally landed after spending 374 days at the World Area Station (ISS), marking the longest steady keep on the station.Dyson spent 184 days in area, finishing 2,944 orbits round Earth. There are nonetheless 8 astronauts aboard the ISS, together with American citizens Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, whose go back to Earth has been behind schedule.After 184 days in area, 2,944 orbits of the Earth, 78 million miles traveled, and a protected touchdown, astronaut Tracy Dyson’s undertaking concludes. percent.twitter.com/csgJcgSTSZ— NASA (@NASA) September 23, 2024NASA reported that the trio departed the ISS aboard the Soyuz MS-25 spacecraft at 4:36 a.m. EDT on Monday, September 23, and made a protected, parachute-assisted touchdown at 7:59 a.m. (4:59 p.m. Kazakhstan time) southeast of Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan.All through her time aboard the ISS, Dyson participated in quite a lot of medical and technological actions. Particularly, she operated a 3-d bioprinter to print cardiac tissue samples, which might pave the way in which for developments in developing substitute organs and tissues for transplants. She additionally labored on crystallizing type proteins to check {hardware} for possible pharmaceutical packages and oversaw a program the place student-designed instrument managed the station’s free-flying robots, inspiring long term innovators.Dyson had introduced on March 23 and arrived on the station two days later with Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy and spaceflight player Marina Vasilevskaya from Belarus. Novitskiy and Vasilevskaya stayed at the station for 12 days prior to returning to Earth on April 6 with NASA astronaut Loral O’Hara.In general, Dyson’s 3rd spaceflight lasted 184 days, throughout which she orbited the Earth 2,944 instances and travelled 78 million miles as a part of the Expedition 70/71 undertaking. She additionally performed one spacewalk, lasting 31 mins, bringing her general spacewalk time to 23 hours and 20 mins throughout 4 spacewalks.Kononenko and Chub, who introduced with O’Hara at the Soyuz MS-24 spacecraft closing September, spent 374 days in area, travelling 158.6 million miles over 5,984 orbits. Kononenko, on his 5th spaceflight, has now spent a report 1,111 days in orbit, whilst Chub finished his first spaceflight.After post-landing clinical exams, the workforce will go back to Karaganda, Kazakhstan, prior to Dyson forums a NASA aircraft sure for the Johnson Area Middle in Houston.
