
At 8:23 p.m. EST, hooks and latches on the Rassvet module released the Soyuz TMA-19 spacecraft carrying American astronauts Doug Wheelock and Shannon Walker and Russian cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin.

The undocking officially ended the station's 25th expedition and a more than five month residence for the three departing crew members.

An engine burn planned at 10:55 p.m. EST and lasting about four minutes will drop the Soyuz from orbit.

Atmospheric re-entry is expected to begin at 11:23 a.m. The spacecraft will deploy parachutes about nine minutes later and touch down at 11:46 p.m. EST.
You can watch the Thanksgiving Day landing (Eastern time) live here -- click on the NASA TV box at right to launch a viewer.
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