NASA astronaut, 2 cosmonauts return to Earth after 241 days on space station - space.com
A crew of three, including a NASA astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts, returned to Earth after spending 241 days aboard the International Space Station. The mission concluded with a landing in Kazakhstan following a successful undocking of the Soyuz MS-28 spacecraft.
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Human Spaceflight NASA astronaut, 2 cosmonauts return to Earth after 241 days on space station (video) News By Mike Wall Last updated 26 July 2026 The Soyuz MS-28 spacecraft undock from the ISS at 3:03 a.m. ET on Sunday (July 26) and landed on Earth about 3 hours and 24 minutes later.
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Click for next article Copy link Facebook X Whatsapp Reddit Pinterest Flipboard Email Share this article 1 Join the conversation Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter A U.S.-Russian crew returned to Earth from the International Space Station early Sunday morning (July 26), after 241 days in orbit.
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