Robonaut Out of Box

Check out Paolo, Cady, and Robonaut playing a joke on Mission Control.

@AstroRobonautRobonaut

If you didn't get to see my unboxing watch it here. The crew and I punked Mission Control!facebook.com/video/video.ph…

Tweet from @NASA Soyuz Landing Highlights Video

@NASA: Miss this morning's Soyuz landing? Watch video highlights of undocking and landing of the Expedition 26 crew http://go.nasa.gov/eywvd0

Tweet from @NASA ISS Expedition 26 Safely Home

@NASA: The Soyuz TMA-01M with @StationCDRKelly, Alexander Kaleri & Oleg Skripochka landed safely on the steppe of Kazakhstan.

Landing of Soyuz TMA-01M officially came at 3:54 am EDT.

The Expedition 26 crew is reported to be in good condition and awaiting to be extracted from its Soyuz spacecraft.

All three Soyuz crew members have been removed from their spacecraft and reported to be in good condition.

Photos from today's earlier Soyuz landing via Dmitry Kostyukov, Pool http://yfrog.com/h2ljy5j

Just About Out Of The Box

@AstroRobonautRobonaut

Crew just moved up the schedule - they are now unpacking me at 3pm central. Watch on NASA TV - nasa.gov/ntv Only one hour to freedom!

Robonaut Unpacking Tonight!

@AstroRobonautRobonaut

Tune in tonight at 10:10 PM Central to watch them unpack me. My sensors are tingling with excitement!

Soyuz Landing

With the landing of a Soyuz capsule tomorrow morning, I thought people might be interested in the particulars about these spacecraft. The Soyuz capsules land on, well, land. On the Kazakhstan steppes to be exact. They use parachutes to slow down the descent and special seats inside the capsule to absorb the landing shock. Check out NASAs information page on the Soyuz spacecraft.

ISS CMDR Scott Kelly Prepares to Return to Earth

ISS Expedition 26 CMDR Scott Kelly prepares to return to Earth. On Monday afternoon, he turned over command of the space station to Cosmonaut Dmitry Kondratyev. This ceremony marks the end of Expedition 26 and the beginning of Expedition 27.

Watch the video clip of the transfer of command ceremony aboard ISS:

http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/videogallery/index.html?media_id=72090251

Kelly will return to Earth aboard Soyuz TMA-01 and land on the steppes of Kazakhstan with two Cosmonauts, Alexander Kaleri and Oleg Skripochka. They are scheduled to land March 16 at 3:56 a.m. EDT.