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[b]Soyuz undocking delayed[/b] The undocking of Soyuz TMA-18 from the International Space Station (ISS) has been delayed two orbits to allow troubleshooting of hooks and latches on the Poisk mini-research module side of the docking mechanism. Expedition 24 crew members Alexander Skvortsov, Tracy Caldwell Dyson and Mikhail Kornienko remain safely inside the Soyuz TMA-18 spacecraft, docked to Poisk. Undocking had been scheduled for 8:35 p.m. CDT. The new undocking time will be approximately 11:40 p.m., followed by a deorbit burn at 2:14 a.m. and a landing approximately 62 miles (100 km) north of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan -- about 250 miles (400 km) north of the original landing site -- at about 3:05 a.m. CDT. Earlier Thursday evening, the crew encountered issues sealing the hatches between the Soyuz and station. The problem was resolved and the hatches were closed. The undocking will mark the end of ISS Expedition 24 and the start of Expedition 25 under NASA astronaut Doug Wheelock's command. Wheelock will remain on the station with flight engineers Shannon Walker and Fyodor Yurchikhin until late November. Skvortsov handed command of the station over to Wheelock during a ceremony held Wednesday.
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