OTD In Space – June 11: International Crew Returns To Earth
On June 11, 2015, NASA astronaut Terry Virts, Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti of the European Space Agency and Russian Anton Shkaplerov returned to Earth after 199 days on the International Space Station.
The trio made up the space station's Expedition 43 crew. They were supposed to return nearly a month earlier, but were delayed by the crash of an uncrewed Russian cargo ship. During their time aboard the station, Virts, Shkaplerov, and Cristoforetti conducted hundreds of science experiments, oversaw the arrival and departure of cargo vehicles, and assisted with the relocation of the station's supply module, called Leonardo. Virts also conducted three spacewalks to route the cables for a new adapter that would allow future Boeing and SpaceX commercial crew spacecraft to dock with the laboratory.
The trio made up the space station's Expedition 43 crew. They were supposed to return nearly a month earlier, but were delayed by the crash of an uncrewed Russian cargo ship. During their time aboard the station, Virts, Shkaplerov, and Cristoforetti conducted hundreds of science experiments, oversaw the arrival and departure of cargo vehicles, and assisted with the relocation of the station's supply module, called Leonardo. Virts also conducted three spacewalks to route the cables for a new adapter that would allow future Boeing and SpaceX commercial crew spacecraft to dock with the laboratory.
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00:00On this day in space.
00:03In 2015, NASA astronaut Terry Virts,
00:06Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti,
00:09and Russian cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov
00:11landed in Kazakhstan after 199 days
00:14aboard the International Space Station.
00:16The trio made up the space station's Expedition 43 crew
00:19and was actually supposed to return nearly a month earlier
00:22but were delayed by the crash of an uncrewed Russian cargo ship.
00:25During their time aboard the station,
00:27Virts, Shkaplerov and Cristoforetti
00:29conducted hundreds of science experiments,
00:31oversaw the arrival and departure of cargo vehicles,
00:34and assisted with the relocation of the station's supply module,
00:36called Leonardo.
00:38Virts also conducted three spacewalks
00:40to route the cables for a new adapter
00:42that would allow future Boeing and SpaceX commercial crew spacecraft
00:45to dock with the laboratory.
00:47And that's what happened on this day in space.
00:49♪