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Roman Romanenko of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) conducted his final major role during his tour of duty during the Russian EVA in April, during which he worked alongside the veteran Vinogradov.<\/p>\nThe Soyuz TMA-07M spacecraft has returned to Earth after undocking from the International Space Station (ISS) on Monday. The Russian vehicle was carrying a three person crew that includes Expedition 35\u2019s now globally famous Commander, Chris Hadfield. The crew successfully landed on the steppe of Kazakhstan, southeast of Dzhezkazgan at 8:31am local time.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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It was an eventful end to Commander Hadfield\u2019s stay on the ISS, as the keys to the Station were handed over to Russian Commander, Pavel Vinogradov.<\/p>\n
All three of the returning crewmembers have played their part in making the 146 days of their Expedition 35 mission a memorable period in the Station\u2019s history, not least during the latter part of their stay on the orbital outpost.<\/p>\n
Roman Romanenko of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) conducted his final major role during his tour of duty during the Russian EVA in April, during which he worked alongside the veteran Vinogradov.<\/p>\n
While the EVA involved routine maintenance on the Russian Segment (RS), Romanenko provided some comical moments during the spacewalk, even causing the Russian translator to giggle as her commentary was broadcast over NASA TV.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t like to work at night time, I\u2019m afraid of the darkness,\u201d not long after joking about how \u201cfor some reason the Earth is round,\u201d which was met by bemused silence from the Russian CAPCOM in Moscow.<\/p>\n
NASA mission updates (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});<\/p>\n The duo ventured outside of the Quest Airlock on Saturday, in search of the source of an ammonia leak that had been observed less than two days before the spacewalkers exited the Quest airlock.<\/p>\n The duo investigated the cooling loop of power channel 2B on the P6 Truss of the Station, and while the system appeared to be clean, the installation of a new Pump Flow Control Subassembly (PFCS).appears to have resolved the issue.<\/p>\n Although it will take weeks before it is known for sure that the leak is an issue of the past, so far all indications appear to show the system is now working nominally.<\/p>\n Prior to the departure of the three crewmembers, Commander Hadfield uploaded a video that has since gone viral.<\/p>\n \u201cThe task was in front of me. I came up with a piano part. I then enlisted my friend, producer and fellow Canadian Joe Corcoran to take my piano idea and Chris\u2019 vocal and blow it up into a fully produced song,\u201d noted Emm Gryner. \u201cDrums! mellotrons! fuzz bass! We also incorporated into the track ambient space station noises which Chris had put on his Soundcloud.<\/p>\n \u201cI was mostly blown away by how pure and earnest Chris\u2019 singing is on this track. Like weightlessness and his voice agreed to agree.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd voila! And astronaut sings Space Oddity in space! I was so honoured to be asked to be a part of this. You wouldn\u2019t get too many chances to make a recording like this and not only that, to make music with someone who \u2013 through his vibrant communications with kids in schools to his breathtaking photos to his always patient and good-humoured demeanour \u2013 has done more for science and space than anyone else this generation.<\/p>\n \u201cPlanet earth IS blue, and there\u2019s nothing left for Chris Hadfield to do. Right. Safe travels home Commander!\u201d<\/p>\n In preparation for that safe trip home, the Soyuz TMA-07M crew donned their Sokol launch and entry suits, closed the hatch between the Orbital Module (BO) and Descent Module (SA), and strapped themselves into their Kazbek couches inside the SA.<\/p>\n \u201c\u201dWe can see the entire ISS, with the solar arrays stretched out like arms saying farewell to us,\u201d said Romanenko, who commanded the Soyuz as it departed from the ISS.<\/p>\n Following a few hours of free flight, Soyuz TMA-07M made its de-orbit burn, followed by a landing near the town of Dzhezkazgan on the Steppe of Kazakhstan.<\/p>\n Now the crew are extracted from the SA by Russian recovery forces, they will be flown by MI-8 helicopters to a nearby airfield, where the crew will part ways, with Hadfield and Marshburn boarding a NASA Gulfstream III aircraft to be flown back to Ellington Field in Houston, Texas \u2013 via two refuelling stops in Glasgow, Scotland, and Goose Bay, Canada. Romanenko will be flown back to Star City, outside Moscow.<\/p>\n Vinogradov, Chris Cassidy of NASA and Russian cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin will tend to the station as a three-person crew for two weeks until the arrival of three new crew members, NASA astronaut Karen Nyberg, Russian cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin and Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency.<\/p>\n (Images: via NASA and L2).<\/p>\n (Click here: http:\/\/www.nasaspaceflight.com\/l2\/ \u2013 to view how you can support NSF and access the best space flight content on the entire internet).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Soyuz TMA-07M spacecraft has returned to Earth after undocking from the International Space Station (ISS) on Monday. The Russian vehicle was carrying a three person crew that includes Expedition 35\u2019s now globally famous Commander, Chris Hadfield. The crew successfully landed on the steppe of Kazakhstan, southeast of Dzhezkazgan at 8:31am local time. 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There was less time for joking during the unscheduled EVA that was conducted by Spacewalkers Chris Cassidy and the third person to be riding home on Soyuz TMA-07M, Tom Marshburn.<\/p>\n![\"Command](\"https:\/\/www.nasaspaceflight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Z46.jpg\" "\\"Command")
The Canadian astronaut showed off his singing prowess with a rendition of David Bowie\u2019s Space Oddity, shot on board the ISS. The moving video received praise from Bowie himself, as it was revealed a member of the iconic singer\u2019s tour band was involved in the reproduction of the song.<\/p>\nSee Also<\/h4>\n
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Undocking was on schedule at 23:08 UTC, which was followed by two separations burns to depart the vicinity of the ISS.<\/p>\n