A US-Russian space crew lands safely in Kazakhstan after an 8-month stint on the ISS - AP News
A U.S.-Russian space crew has safely returned to Earth in Kazakhstan after completing an eight-month mission on the International Space Station. Despite geopolitical tensions, the two nations continue to maintain operational cooperation in space.
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The mission serves as a rare example of sustained diplomatic and scientific cooperation between the U.S. and Russia amidst broader international conflict.
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MOSCOW (AP) — A U.S.-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 crewmates Sergei Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev touched down in their Soyuz MS-28 that landed smoothly by parachute in a designated area southeast of Dzhezkazgan.
Their 241-day stint on the orbiting outpost was the first space mission for Williams and Mikaev and the second for Kud‑Sverchkov.
The crew will be flown by helicopter to Karaganda, where Williams will board a plane to return to NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, while Kud‑Sverchkov and Mikaev will take a flight to their training base in Star City, just outside Moscow.
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