SloveniaA joint U.S.-Russian crew has safely returned to Earth after eight months aboard the International Space Station (ISS). The Soyuz MS-28 spacecraft landed in Kazakhstan on July 27, 2026, after 241 days in orbit. The crew included American astronaut Chris Williams and Russian cosmonauts Sergei Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikhailov. The landing was smooth, with rescue teams present at the designated site. Williams and Mikhailov were making their first spaceflight, while Kud-Sverchkov had previously spent time on the ISS. Following their return, Williams will travel to NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, while the Russian cosmonauts will return to their training facility in Star City, Moscow. Despite strained relations between the U.S. and Russia since the start of the war in Ukraine in 2022, the two nations continue to collaborate on the ISS. New crews regularly rotate between American and Russian spacecraft, ensuring continuous operation of the orbital laboratory. Just days before the return of Soyuz MS-28, a new crew arrived on the ISS, including American astronaut Anil Menon and Russian cosmonauts Pyotr Dubrov and Ana Kikina, who began a planned eight-month mission.
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