Frenchman Thomas Pesquet and three other astronauts will leave the International Space Station on Sunday, and land off Florida
"no earlier"
than at
12:14
GMT on Monday, after spending more than six months in space, the US said. Nasa Friday November 5.
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The crew of Crew-2, made up of Thomas Pesquet, the Japanese Akihiko Hoshide and the Americans Shane Kimbrough and Megan McArthur, will thus return to Earth before the arrival on board the ISS of the four astronauts of Crew-3, including the take-off was delayed several times, in particular because of the weather.
"As we prepare to leave, there is a bit of a bittersweet feeling
,
"
Thomas Pesquet said earlier Friday at a press conference from the space station.
"We might never come back to see the ISS again, and it truly is a magical place."
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