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You are here: Home / Open Threads / Because of wow. / The Men Who Fell to Earth! Updated: Safely on the Ground!

The Men Who Fell to Earth! Updated: Safely on the Ground!

by Adam L Silverman|  March 1, 20169:30 pm| 35 Comments

This post is in: Because of wow.

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———Update at 11:26 PM EST———–

The Soyuz module has safely landed at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Captain Kelly, Sergeant Kornienko, and Lieutenant Colonel Volkov are safely on the ground!

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For those that can’t take any more Super Tuesday coverage, tonight is the night that Captain Scott Kelly, the ISS Commander for the past 340 days and Russian Cosmonauts/Flight Engineers Sergeant Mikhail Borisovich Kornienko and Lieutenant Colonel Sergey Alexandrovich Volkov* will be returning to Earth. The deorbit burn will begin at 10:34 PM EST and they are expected to touch down at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

NASA’s live feed is here.

* Lt. Col. Volkov is the son of legendary Cosmonaut Colonel Alexsandr Alexsandrovich Volkov.

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35Comments

  1. 1.

    Baud

    March 1, 2016 at 9:33 pm

    Welcome back, astronauts!

    Scott, we’re sorry we broke our electoral system while you were away.

  2. 2.

    beltane

    March 1, 2016 at 9:36 pm

    Is this really a good time to be returning to earth?

  3. 3.

    JPL

    March 1, 2016 at 9:41 pm

    The Bidens will be in Houston with his brother, when he returns to Houston. Safe travels Scott.

  4. 4.

    Elizabelle

    March 1, 2016 at 9:46 pm

    Mmmmmm. David Bowie was alive when Astronaut Kelly ascended to the ISS.

    Safe return, Scott.

    I wonder if he could see Trump’s hair from space.

  5. 5.

    Amir Khalid

    March 1, 2016 at 9:49 pm

    @JPL:
    Scott Kelly is Gabby Giffords’ BIL, isn’t he? From the photos, he looks just like Mark.

  6. 6.

    MaryRC

    March 1, 2016 at 9:50 pm

    @JPL: He is Mark Kelly’s twin brother, right? And Gabrielle Gifford’s brother-in-law?

  7. 7.

    Adam L Silverman

    March 1, 2016 at 9:53 pm

    @Amir Khalid: @MaryRC: Yes.

  8. 8.

    Gbbalto

    March 1, 2016 at 9:55 pm

    @Amir Khalid: They are twins and both astronauts. Think NASA is doing some health study on earthbound vs orbiting one

  9. 9.

    wenchacha

    March 1, 2016 at 9:55 pm

    I just watched the Space Men: American Experience on PBS. Pretty cool. Safe voyage home to Scott Kelly.

  10. 10.

    Misterpuff

    March 1, 2016 at 9:56 pm

    Hope he gets his landlegs quickly.

    That is some outstanding astronauting!

  11. 11.

    BillinGlendaleCA

    March 1, 2016 at 9:58 pm

    @Amir Khalid: Twin brother.

    I saw Scott moving through the space station this morning(they have the interior camera on) and was wondering when he was headed back(I knew it was soon, but didn’t know it was today).

  12. 12.

    JPL

    March 1, 2016 at 10:00 pm

    @Gbbalto: A year in space, so that he can compare his body to his twin. I’m glad that someone still believes in science.
    It’s just amazing.

  13. 13.

    eclare

    March 1, 2016 at 10:03 pm

    @JPL: Yes, lots of studies planned so we can see what effect would be if we send someone to Mars.

  14. 14.

    Mike J

    March 1, 2016 at 10:32 pm

    30 seconds from deorbit burn

  15. 15.

    Adam L Silverman

    March 1, 2016 at 10:39 pm

    @Mike J: Burn is complete.

    That’s Burn, not Bern, so no flaming the comments…

  16. 16.

    humboldtblue

    March 1, 2016 at 10:46 pm

    Hope all goes well.

  17. 17.

    Mnemosyne

    March 1, 2016 at 10:47 pm

    We may spoil our cats a little too much — Annie sat on the floor and glared at me until I moved to the opposite end of the couch so she could sit on her preferred end.

  18. 18.

    Adam L Silverman

    March 1, 2016 at 10:58 pm

    Module separation and final descent should begin in about a minute.

  19. 19.

    Adam L Silverman

    March 1, 2016 at 11:01 pm

    Module separation occurred at 11:00 PM EST.

  20. 20.

    Cheryl Rofer

    March 1, 2016 at 11:04 pm

    Module separation has occurred.

    Emily Lakdawalla just reminded me how Russian and American voices working together move me. I’m distracted by the primaries, so I’m glad for the reminder.

    We can work together on this project, even when other things are not going well.

  21. 21.

    Punchy

    March 1, 2016 at 11:06 pm

    Who won the ISS caucus? I’m assuming they voted before bailing….

  22. 22.

    Adam L Silverman

    March 1, 2016 at 11:08 pm

    @Punchy: Kasparov. Unfortunately the cosmonauts now have to turn themselves in once they clear isolation.

  23. 23.

    Mike J

    March 1, 2016 at 11:10 pm

    Out of plasma blackout.

  24. 24.

    Adam L Silverman

    March 1, 2016 at 11:14 pm

    Chutes have been deployed.

  25. 25.

    NotMax

    March 1, 2016 at 11:17 pm

    will be returning to earth tonight

    They’ll be landing on the ground, but returning to Earth.

  26. 26.

    Adam L Silverman

    March 1, 2016 at 11:18 pm

    @NotMax: huh?

  27. 27.

    NotMax

    March 1, 2016 at 11:19 pm

    Adam L. SilvermanYou neglected to capitalize the name of the planet in your post (thus the blockquote).

  28. 28.

    Adam L Silverman

    March 1, 2016 at 11:21 pm

    @NotMax: ahh, I was trying to figure out how I had misspelled Earth or something.

  29. 29.

    Adam L Silverman

    March 1, 2016 at 11:31 pm

    Russian ground control has just confirmed that the Soyuz module has safely landed at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Captain Kelly, Sergeant Kornienko, and Lieutenant Colonel Volkov are safely on the ground!

  30. 30.

    TaMara (BHF)

    March 1, 2016 at 11:38 pm

    Glad they’re back and safe. I was watching and then had to stop because I get so worried.

  31. 31.

    Steeplejack

    March 1, 2016 at 11:40 pm

    @NotMax:

    Lowercase earth is perfectly acceptable in that construction, as in: “I shot an arrow into the air and watched it return to earth.” For a near-space orbital vehicle you could go either way. It’s not like it’s returning from Mars.

  32. 32.

    Adam L Silverman

    March 1, 2016 at 11:48 pm

    @Steeplejack: I was going to go with Terra or Sol 3/Sol III, but thought that those were too pretentious.

  33. 33.

    Steeplejack

    March 2, 2016 at 12:14 am

    @Adam L Silverman:

    Srsly.

  34. 34.

    Elizabelle

    March 2, 2016 at 7:45 am

    Lucky to have Balloon Juice to inform me of the astronauts’ safe return, because CNN is all SUPER TUESDAY.

    Nothing else newsworthy happened in the world yesterday, apparently. Wish I could get BBC.

    Welcome back, space travelers.

  35. 35.

    Lawrence

    March 2, 2016 at 9:33 am

    My brain’s autocorrect read ISS commander as ISIS Commander about three times before I realized my error. Because if a guy named Scott Kelly is running ISIS, I clearly missed a bunch of news.

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