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[b]Hatches closed, Soyuz crew ready to head home[/b] Expedition 35 commander Chris Hadfield, Roscosmos flight engineer Roman Romanenko and NASA flight engineer Tom Marshburn are set to return to Earth Monday night (May 13) to wrap up 146 days in space, all but two spent on the International Space Station. The departing trio bid farewell to their crewmates and boarded their Soyuz TMA-07M spacecraft, closing the hatches between the two vehicles at 2:50 p.m. CDT (1950 GMT). Undocking is scheduled at 6:08 p.m. (2308 GMT). A deorbit burn planned at 8:37 p.m. (0137 GMT May 14) will set the Soyuz on track for a landing southeast of the town of Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan at 9:30 p.m. (0230 GMT; 8:30 a.m. Kazakh time, May 14). Eight of the 12 prime Russian MI-8 helicopters flew from the staging city in Karaganda, Kazakhstan to Dzhezkazgan Monday to pre-stage for landing. Four additional helicopters will depart Karaganda two hours prior to landing to converge on the landing zone.
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