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[b]Soyuz TMA-21 set to return to Earth[/b] On Sept. 15, Expedition 28 crew members Alexander Samokutyaev, Ron Garan and Andrey Borisenko will undock from the International Space Station's Poisk module to return to Earth aboard the Soyuz TMA-21 spacecraft. They are set to land on the southern region steppe of Kazakhstan near the town of Dzhezkazgan at 11:01 p.m. CDT on Sept. 15 (10:01 a.m. local time, Sept. 16). Their return was delayed a week due to the Aug. 24 loss of the unmanned Progress M-12M cargo craft. Expedition 29 station commander Mike Fossum, together with flight engineers Sergei Volkov and Satoshi Furukawa will remain aboard the complex until their planned return to Earth in mid-November. NASA Television schedule: [list][b]Thursday, Sept. 15[/b] [*]4 p.m. - Soyuz TMA-21 crew farewells and hatch closure (hatch closure scheduled at 4:35 p.m.) [*]7:15 p.m. - Undocking coverage (undocking scheduled at 7:37 p.m.) [*]9:30 p.m. - Deorbit burn and landing coverage (Deorbit burn scheduled at 10:06 p.m., landing in Kazakhstan scheduled at 11:01 p.m.) [b]Friday, Sept. 16[/b] [*]2 a.m. - Video File of the landing and post-landing activities (repeated at 4 a.m. and 6 a.m.) [*]11 a.m. - Video File of the landing and post-landing activities that includes post-landing interview with Garan and the cosmonauts' return to Chkalovsky Airfield near Star City, Russia[/list]
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