The Soyuz MS-17 space capsule, carrying the International Space Station crew members Kathleen Rubins of NASA, Sergey Ryzhikov and Sergey Kud-Sverchkov of Roscosmos, lands in a remote area outside Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan April 17, 2021. — Reuters piALMATY, Kazakhstan, Apr 17 — Two Russian cosmonauts and a NASA astronaut touched down today on the steppe of Kazakhstan following a half-year mission on the International Space Station, footage broadcast by the Russian space agency showed.
Molecular biologist Rubins, 42, and former military pilot Ryzhikov, 46, are completing their second missions in space having both made their ISS debuts following launches in July and October of 2016 respectively.The International Space Station crew member Kathleen Rubins of NASA reacts shortly after the landing of the Soyuz MS-17 space capsule in a remote area outside Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan April 17, 2021.
As a result the number of crew on board will reach 11 next week with the arrival of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-2 mission.
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