ISS Expedition 23 commander Oleg Kotov and flight engineers T.J. Creamer and Soichi Noguchi undocked the Soyuz TMA-17 spacecraft from the International Space Station (ISS) at 7:04 p.m. CDT as the two vehicles were orbiting 215 miles above eastern Mongolia.
"I forgot something. Can we go back?" joked Creamer as the spacecraft backed away from the outpost.
Kotov will command a four minute, 21 second deorbit burn at 9:34:40 p.m., leading to a landing near Dzhezkazgan in Kazakhstan at about 11:24 p.m. CDT.