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NASA to Welcome Expedition 74 Astronauts Home at Space Center Houston

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Briefings

NASA will host an awards ceremony and public event at Space Center Houston on Nov 17, 2026, to welcome home Expedition 74 crew members who spent 241 days aboard the International Space Station. The mission included scientific research on 3D-printing, tissue engineering, and pharmaceuticals, with astronauts Jessica Meir, Jack Hathaway, Chris Williams, Sophie Adenot, Sergey Kud-Sverchkov, and Sergei Mikaev returning from a Soyuz MS-28 launch in Kazakhstan.

Key points

• The Expedition 74 crew spent 241 days aboard the International Space Station, traveling over 102 million miles and completing 3,856 orbits around Earth.
• Awards ceremony and media interviews are scheduled for Nov 17, 2026, at NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston, with media requests capped at 5 p.m. on Nov 16.

Context

The International Space Station orbits 267 miles above Atlantic Ocean southwest of Cape Town, South Africa. The crew returned from a long-duration mission aboard Soyuz MS-28, with the event occurring at NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston.

Limitations

Evidence is limited to the provided article text; no additional background on the ISS or crew is supplied. The article does not specify the exact time of the awards ceremony beyond the general schedule, and some details like the specific number of scientific demonstrations are not fully enumerated.

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