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Soyuz crew lands safely after 241 days on ISS
The Hindu··27 Jul
A US-Russian space crew landed safely in the steppes of Kazakhstan on Sunday after an eight-month stint on the International Space Station. NASA astronaut Chris Williams and Russian cosmonauts Sergei Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev touched down in their Soyuz MS-28 capsule southeast of Dzhezkazgan. The mission lasted 241 days and landed smoothly by parachute as planned.
Prism
What It Means For You
- The landing shows US-Russian space cooperation continuing despite wider geopolitical friction between the two nations.
- It marks career milestones for two astronauts on their first spaceflight after 241 days aloft.
- Soyuz missions like this one keep the International Space Station's crew rotation running on schedule.
What's Happening
- A US-Russian crew landed safely in Kazakhstan on Sunday after an eight-month ISS stint.
- NASA astronaut Chris Williams and cosmonauts Sergei Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev flew the Soyuz MS-28.
- The capsule landed by parachute in a designated area southeast of Dzhezkazgan.
A Capsule Landing Amid Global Tension
- The mission lasted 241 days, the first spaceflight for Williams and Mikaev.
- It was the second spaceflight for cosmonaut Sergei Kud-Sverchkov.
- Soyuz capsules have returned crews to the same Kazakh steppe region for decades.
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