# @iss on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/0GRjbLtPkZ
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/76371694-iss-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2015-03-11T18:48:21.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** International Space Station (@iss) — https://gondola.cc/iss

## Caption

Today is homecoming day for International Space Station Commander Barry “Butch” Wilmore of NASA and Flight Engineers Alexander Samokutyaev and Elena Serova of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) as they prepare for landing in their Soyuz TMA-14M spacecraft at 10:07 p.m. EDT this evening, southeast of Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan.

At this time, there are no concerns or issues being worked.

Wilmore handed over command of the orbiting complex to fellow NASA astronaut Terry Virts in a ceremony on Tuesday, March 10. When the Soyuz undocks, Expedition 43 formally will begin.

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homecoming, astronaut, exp42, kazakhstan, landing, cosmonaut, astrobutch, spacestation, earth, nasa, internationalspacestation, soyuz, iss, roscosmos

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