🚀 The stars called, but it's time to come home!
A Russian Soyuz capsule smoothly touched down on the vast Kazakh steppe on Monday, bringing back two Russian cosmonauts and a U.S. astronaut after their adventurous journey aboard the International Space Station (ISS).
The Soyuz MS-25 spacecraft, carrying Roscosmos cosmonauts Nikolai Chub and Oleg Kononenko, along with NASA astronaut Tracy Dyson, landed right on schedule at 11:59 GMT. Talk about a perfect landing! 🌎✨
Kononenko and Chub were space veterans by now, having spent a whopping 374 days orbiting Earth since last September. That's over a year among the stars! 🌠 Can you imagine the stories they'll have? Meanwhile, Dyson wrapped up a solid 184-day mission, making her own mark among the cosmic explorers.
These heroes of space exploration have contributed immensely to ongoing research and international cooperation aboard the ISS. We're glad to welcome them back to Earth! 🎉
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Russian Soyuz brings crew of 3 back from International Space Station
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