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197 days in zero gravity: today our compatriot, Hero of Russia, cosmonaut Oleg Novitsky returns to Earth. At 13:47 the descent module was undocking from the ISS. Landing is scheduled for 17:10 in the southeast of Kazakhstan. The broadcast comes from the flight control center in Korolev, Moscow region. Journalists from Russia, Belarus and France are watching the return. Together with Oleg Novitsky in the descent module is the French astronaut Thomas Pesquet. For more than six months of work in space, fifty scientific studies have been carried out. For Oleg Novitsky this is the second flight. On this expedition he was the crew commander. All this time, Oleg Novitsky had the state flag of Belarus with him: on it were official marks on the dates of docking and undocking of the Soyuz MS-03 spacecraft with the international space station. After his return, Oleg Novitsky will transfer it to the Museum of the Belarusian Embassy in Moscow.

For more than six months of work in space, fifty scientific studies have been carried out.

For Oleg Novitsky this is the second flight. On this expedition he was the crew commander. All this time, Oleg Novitsky had the state flag of Belarus with him: on it were official marks on the dates of docking and undocking of the Soyuz MS-03 spacecraft with the international space station. After his return, Oleg Novitsky will transfer it to the Museum of the Belarusian Embassy in Moscow.

Expedition 51 spent more than six months on the International Space Station. Viewers of the ONT TV channel were also watching the work of the cosmonauts all this time. Every week our correspondents introduced us to life on the ISS, as well as everything that happens at the Mission Control Center. And today the ONT film crew watched the landing in the steppes of Kazakhstan. How long did the journey home take and who was waiting for the astronauts? The crew with the call sign “Kazbek” was met by Svetlana Karulskaya.

Landing spaceship– one of the main and most important stages of a successful “star” business trip. For Belarusian Oleg Novitsky, this is already the second exam, which he, as the commander of the Soyuz spacecraft, managed to pass with excellent marks. 197 days at an altitude of 400 kilometers without emergency situations, dozens of scientific experiments conducted in orbit. And the main thing is an accident-free meeting with the Earth.

Mission Control began preparing a meeting for the ISS Expedition 51 crew a few weeks before landing. The most suitable ballistics area was identified as an area located 147 kilometers southeast of the city of Zhezkazgan in Kazakhstan. Participants in the search and rescue operation went there in three more days: transport aircraft, 14 units of vehicles, six all-terrain search and recovery vehicles and 150 military personnel. All this time, their work was coordinated by MCC specialists. At 10 a.m. Korolev gave the command to close the transfer hatches between the ISS and the Rassvet docking module». After checking all the main systems, the Soyuz MS-03 spacecraft undocked and headed for Earth. The journey home took the astronauts just over three hours.

In the Soyuz, only two crew members were returning home today: Belarusian Novitsky and Frenchman Thomas Pesquet. The ISS commander, American Peggy Whitson, who launched on Soyuz MS-03, has had her mission extended for another four months.

The hatches are open, and the astronauts can finally breathe in the steppe air. Their first minutes on earth are closely watched by their relatives. For Yulia Novitskaya, the wait for Oleg was the longest. The eldest daughter Yana went to the start at Baikonur. Yulia, with her youngest Rita, watched everything from the Mission Control Center hall. Now, he says, you can finally relinquish your responsibilities as the head of the family and just be a wife. The favorite potato pie that Oleg ordered for planting is already ready.

Yulia Novitskaya, wife of cosmonaut Oleg Novitsky : « He ordered fried pork ribs and potato pie. The ribs are already fried, but the pie is still in progress. I’ll finish it when I get home.”

Yana Novitskaya, daughter of cosmonaut Oleg Novitsky: “We prepared a balloon rocket for dad. She stands and waits for him at home. And the same inscription from balloons: “Happy landing!”

From the screenshots of the Control Center, relatives can see how difficult it is for the astronauts. Landing is a huge stress for the body. The doctors are the first to be admitted to the crew. Right in the steppe, doctors conduct a field test: they measure all vital signs and study how the lack of gravity affects the body. It seems that overcoming is also part of the “star” profession. Now the astronauts will do this work at home.

It is too early to say that Oleg Novitsky has completely finished his business trip. Tonight the crew of the 51st ISS Expedition is scheduled to fly from Kazakhstan to Moscow. Relatives will be able to see the astronauts at the airport. And straight from there, doctors will take Oleg Novitsky and Tom Pesquet to the dispensary, where the rehabilitation period and a series of post-flight experiments will begin. Judging by the fact that Oleg Novitsky scheduled a meeting with journalists on Monday, the recovery of our fellow countryman will not be long.

In an interview in May, he told us: “I really want to walk the Earth.” And so, the commander of the manned transport spacecraft Soyuz MS-03, Oleg Novitsky, and the French flight engineer Thomas Pesquet, who spent six months in space, today will set off on a space flight home - to Earth.

It was previously planned that the crew would return on May 16. Now on board the ISS will remain American astronaut Peggy Whitson, who flew with them to the station - her expedition was extended for several more months, as well as cosmonaut Fedor Yurchikhin and astronaut Jack Fisher.

Before the flight, Oleg Novitsky posted a photo on his Instagram against the backdrop of the station’s dome, captioning it: “ On Earth I will miss these mesmerizing cosmic landscapes", as well as a general photo with the crew, the process of preparing for the return to Earth.

According to Roscosmos, the undocking of the manned transport spacecraft is planned for 13.50 Moscow time, and landing at 17.10. You can watch the flight live broadcast on website. Relatives and friends of Oleg Novitsky will watch the landing at the Mission Control Center. It is planned that the ISS crew of Expedition 50/51 will end up in Kazakhstan – 147 kilometers south of the city of Zhezkazgan.

Already on June 5, a press conference by Oleg Novitsky is planned at the Cosmonaut Training Center named after Yuri Gagarin.

Photo from the archives of Novitsky and Roscosmos

The crew members of the manned transport spacecraft Soyuz MS-03 returned safely to Earth from the International Space Station. The descent module with cosmonaut Oleg Novitsky and ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet landed in the Kazakh steppe on June 2, 2017 at 17.10 Moscow time.

All operations for descent from orbit and landing went smoothly. The health of the crew members who returned to Earth is good. The duration of Oleg and Tom's space flight was more than 196 days.

“During their stay on the ISS from November 20, 2016, the crew completed a program of scientific and applied research and experiments under the program of long-term expeditions ISS-50 and ISS-51, maintained the functionality of the ISS and carried out work to retrofit it with equipment delivered by cargo ships,” it is indicated in a message from Roscosmos.

Three days earlier, Roscosmos reported that viable spores and DNA fragments of microorganisms resistant to the adverse factors of space were discovered in the ISS orbit at an altitude of 400 km.

As part of the space experiment (SE) "Test", Roscosmos cosmonauts collected 19 samples of cosmic dust from the surface of the ISS during spacewalks. Studies of cosmic dust samples from the ISS have twice shown the presence of representatives of the genera Mycobacteria and Delftia in the samples; the family Comamonadaceae of the order Burkholderiales, which are representatives of typical terrestrial and marine genera of bacteria.

The detection statistics of viable units of spore bacteria (genus Bacillus) and fungal spores (genus Aureobasidium) in the conducted CE “Test” sessions is about 45%. The use of highly sensitive molecular methods made it possible in 70% of cases not only to identify DNA fragments of the genomes of various microorganisms, but also to determine their type.

The obtained experimental data on chemical composition samples of fine sedimentary environment on the surface of the ISS allowed us to draw a conclusion about the geochemical composition of cosmic dust at an altitude of 400 km above the Earth’s surface and its sources. According to scientists, this proves the hypothesis about an external tropospheric source of living organisms and suggests the possibility of transfer of aerosol matter from the troposphere to ionospheric heights.

On April 16, 2017, Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus' congratulated Russian ISS crew member Oleg Novitsky on Easter in the format of a teleconference organized in the church.

“You are now alone on a space watch for the whole of Russia, so I would like to cordially congratulate you and wish God’s help in your work, health, strength, and peace of mind. So that your stay in orbit is calm and that your return (to Earth) is happy,” he said.

The Patriarch noted that success in astronautics is of great importance for the entire country.

On April 24, 2017, US President Donald called the International Space Station. Trump congratulated Peggy, the first female commander of the ISS, for setting the record for the longest stay in space among American astronauts. Whitson reportedly beat her colleague's previous record of 534 days, 2 hours and 48 minutes in space.

According to the US President, he admires American astronauts more than any politician in Washington. During her conversation with Trump, Whitson emphasized that she was honored to set a new record.

Whitson's other records include: greatest number spacewalks performed by a female astronaut. She is also the first woman to command the International Space Station twice. Whitson first went into space in 2002 and already in 2007 became the first woman to command the ISS.

The absolute record holder for the longest stay in space is Russian cosmonaut, who decided to leave the cosmonaut corps. He spent 879 days in space.

At the end of April 2017, the cosmonaut said that today international cooperation in the space sector has become denser than twenty years ago.

“Twenty years ago we were already engaged in quite close international cooperation, carrying out joint scientific works. Before that there were Soyuz - Apollo and the first handshakes in orbit, joint flights on the Shuttle and Mir,” the specialist explained.

02.06.2017 - 20:40

News of Belarus. Starry return to earth. Our compatriot Oleg Novitsky completed his last space flight on June 2. The truly national cosmonaut spent 197 days on the international space station, as reported in the “24 Hours” News program on STV.

However, he was in touch with us all this time. He congratulated Belarus and periodically other cities from space and kept in weightlessness a very important and dear thing to himself - the Belarusian flag. Precisely Novitsky.

By the way, our fellow countryman landed in central Kazakhstan. In a few days the cosmonaut will be in Moscow. So he will fulfill his “cosmic” dream of “walking barefoot on the earth” in the coming hours. They are also waiting for him in Belarus, especially in the cosmonaut’s native Cherven. After all, it was there that Novitsky’s first small step turned out to be huge – for astronautics as a whole.

Thanks to the Internet, he himself told and showed how Belarusian Oleg Novitsky, the third in the history of manned cosmonautics, spent more than six months on the ISS.

Oleg Novitsky, cosmonaut:
Hi all! I am cosmonaut Oleg Novitsky.

For 196 days, 17 hours and 29 minutes, he did not set foot on the ground. Almost 400 kilometers above the planet. It’s just like from Minsk to Brest, but a completely different world. As Novitsky himself admits more than once, this is where true friendship is learned.

Here it is - the magnificent six - with the number 50 at the very heart - this is an anniversary expedition.

Photos of Gagarin, Popov and, of course, what reminds us so much of our homeland.

Oleg Novitsky, cosmonaut:
I would like to convey greetings to my native Belarus. To all my fellow countrymen.

And this is Novitsky’s space apartment. By earthly standards, it’s not space at all – just a couple of square meters.

But what a view from the window.

From this window it’s all great: here is the island of Rhodes, which looks like a bat, Volgograd at night (why not a crocodile), the famous palm tree in the Emirates - which of us has seen it like this. And, of course, Minsk, so reminiscent of a fiery bicycle.

Oleg Novitsky, cosmonaut:
I hasten to please my fellow countrymen! Finally today we managed to take a photo of Minsk at night!

Minsk will be captured by our star fellow countryman more than once. Day and night. There will be both Gomel and Brest.

But here it is – Novitsky’s main earthly photograph – a family in a porthole. It was she who warmed the soul so much all these long months.

March 25 is the most joyful and at the same time saddest day of the space odyssey. The youngest daughter is exactly one year old.

Oleg Novitsky, cosmonaut:
This morning my wife sent me a photo taken exactly a year ago. Ritukha has been here for 48 minutes, and they have already given me to hold her.

But supporting your neighbor is the main principle of cosmic coexistence. There is no ambulance or hairdresser here.

Here, next to Novitsky is the same Frenchman with whom we flew home together today.

Oleg Novitsky, cosmonaut:
I work as a space hairdresser. And on the side is everything you need to shave, brush your teeth and comb your hair.

But these are moments of happiness - parcels from Earth - from those closest to you.

Oleg Novitsky, cosmonaut:
A package from Earth: birch sap, a Belarusian T-shirt and chocolate.

He who works well eats well. Lunch in space must be scheduled. The main principle is natural, satisfying and healthy. By the way, the chief space chef, also from Belarus, prepares such dinners on Earth. And the stellar menu is like in the best houses.

Oleg Novitsky, cosmonaut:
Stewed eggplants with potatoes, beet salad, overseas eggplant caviar and assorted meats.

Over the course of six months on the ISS, Novitsky conducted hundreds of scientific experiments. Here, for example, is one of them: to find out how the usual loads for earthlings act in zero gravity.

Or here’s another: how the composition of the blood changes when there is a lack of oxygen.

And this, attention, is providing first aid in zero gravity. This is exactly how a heart massage is given in space.

Oleg Novitsky, cosmonaut:
Yes, yes, upside down and hooking your feet on the handrail. And it won’t work any other way in space.

For physical activity at such a height, physical fitness must be at the level. Although body weight in zero gravity is a relative thing. And it’s not easy to measure.

But life on the ISS is not only about scientific experiments. These are also the most ordinary everyday life in space, where nothing human is alien even to a superman. As it was with Exupery: get up in the morning and put the planet in order. Or at least a space station.

General cleaning on the ISS, as on Earth, before the holidays.

All holidays on the ISS necessarily mean congratulations from space. February 23 – to the defenders of the Fatherland, March 8 – to the beautiful half of the Earth. And, of course, Happy Great Victory Day to everyone.

Oleg Novitsky, cosmonaut:
These are my grandparents. Thanks to them for their feat and for the peaceful sky above our heads.

The sky above is not about a space station. The sky is everywhere here. But it is best seen from the dome. Here he is a few hours before landing. The last photo of Novitsky on board the ISS.

Oleg Novitsky, cosmonaut:
On Earth, I will miss these mesmerizing cosmic landscapes.

He arrived, but promised to return - to his stars. And more than once, be sure to say that same “Gagarin” - “Let's go”!

Oleg Novitsky, cosmonaut:
Just raise your head and the stars will get closer.