The precise mechanics of a spacecraft departing the International Space Station

Soyuz Undocks from ISS · 5:17 · Video: NASA · Watch at the source

In short: Watch the moment the Soyuz spacecraft separates from the station's Rassvet module, marking the beginning of a crew's journey back to Earth.

The video captures the undocking of the Soyuz MS-28 spacecraft from the ISS Rassvet module. The trip back for Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev, alongside NASA astronaut Chris Williams, begins with this separation.

The mission sequence includes a deorbit burn scheduled for 5:31 a.m. EDT, followed by a landing on the Kazakh steppe, southeast of Dzhezkazgan, at 6:25 a.m. EDT.

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