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<\/p>\nThe Russian Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft undocked from the International Space Station (ISS) on Monday and returned NASA astronaut Anne McClain, Soyuz Commander Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos, and Flight Engineer David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency to Earth. The End Of Mission events began on Sunday, with a Space station change of command ceremony, during which Konenenko handed over command to Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin. Undocking took place at 7:25 pm Eastern on Monday and landing followed at 10:47 pm Eastern.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The crew completed a 204-day mission spanning 3,264 orbits of the Earth and a journey of 86.4 million miles.<\/p>\n
McClain first trip into space has been a busy mission, including two spacewalks that completed a battery swap-out and worked on the Station\u2019s power systems.<\/p>\n
Among her numerous tasks on the Station, McClain also took part in welcoming the first Commercial Crew vehicle to the ISS, as Dragon 2 completed its opening DM-1 flight.<\/p>\n
She also made friends with one of Dragon\u2019s passengers, leading to numerous viral tweets and an unaware producer of \u201cLittle Earth\u201d toys running out of stock.<\/p>\n
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McClain inside Dragon 2 with Little Earth and Ripley \u2013 via NASA<\/p>\n
David Saint-Jacques of the CSA also completed his first spaceflight and was involved with one of McClain\u2019s EVAs, his first.<\/p>\n
Following McClain\u2019s tour of the ISS, Saint-Jacques was also heavily involved with the Visiting Vehicles that arrived and departed from the ISS, which involved obvious synergy via the use of the Canadian robotic assets. He was last involved with the departure of the CRS-17 Dragon, which was released by the Canadian SSRMS (Space Station Remote Manipulator System).<\/p>\n
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