Expedition 44/Visiting Soyuz Crew Bids Farewell to Space Station
Published on December 31, 2017
On Sept. 12, Expedition 44 Commander Gennady Padalka of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) and Flight Engineers Andreas Mogensen of the European Space Agency and Aidyn Aimbetov of the Kazakh Space Agency (Kazcosmos) said their goodbyes to the remaining residents of the International Space Station before closing the hatch on their Soyuz vehicle and preparing to undock for their return home to Earth.