A NASA astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts have returned to Earth from the Worldwide Area Station (ISS).
A Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft carrying American Donald Pettit and Russians Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Wagner landed in Kazakhstan on Sunday.
“Its deorbiting and descent to Earth were normal,” Russia’s Roscosmos house company mentioned.
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The Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft returning to Earth. Pic: AP
The crew had undertaken a seven-month science mission aboard the ISS, ranging from 11 September 2024.
They orbited the Earth 3,520 instances over 220 days in house.
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The spacecraft lands in Kazakhstan. Pic: AP
Mr Pettit, who returned to Earth on his seventieth birthday, had been conducting analysis to reinforce in-orbit steel 3D printing capabilities, advance water sanitisation applied sciences, discover plant progress below various water situations and examine fireplace behaviour in microgravity, in line with NASA.
It was the fourth time in house for Mr Pettit and Mr Ovchinin, whereas it was Mr Vagner’s second spaceflight.
