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    NASA TV to Air Return of 3 International Space Station Crew

    Expedition 52 Flight Engineer Peggy Whitson of NASA, Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin of the Russian space agency Roscosmos and Flight Engineer Jack Fischer of NASA float through the Harmony module of the International Space Station. Credits: NASA
    Expedition 52 Flight Engineer Peggy Whitson of NASA, Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin of the Russian space agency Roscosmos and Flight Engineer Jack Fischer of NASA float through the Harmony module of the International Space Station.
    Credits: NASA

    NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson and her Expedition 52 crew are scheduled to return to Earth Saturday, Sept. 2. NASA TV and website will provide complete coverage.

    The complete schedule of return (all times EDT):

    2:15 p.m. – farewell and hatch closure (hatch closure at 2:40 p.m.)
    5:30 p.m. – undocking (undocking at 5:58 p.m.)
    8 p.m. – deorbit burn and landing (deorbit burn at 8:29 p.m. and landing at 9:22 p.m.)
    11 p.m. – replay of hatch closure, undocking and landing activities