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Space Station: astronauts of Expedition 38 are ready to come back on Earth

Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan - The undocking from the orbiting laboratory is scheduled on Monday's evening

Three astronauts of the Expedition 38 are preparing to leave the International Space Station and return to Earth after 166 days spent abord the orbiting laboratory. Commander Oleg Kotov and Flight Engineers Sergey Ryazanskiy (both from Russia's space agency Roscosmos) and Mike Hopkins (NASA) will board their Soyuz, closing the hatches at 9:45 pm GMT/UTC. The trio will undock from the station at...

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