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A US-Russian space crew lands safely in Kazakhstan after an 8-month stint on the ISS
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Key Points:
- NASA astronaut Chris Williams and Russian cosmonauts Sergei Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev safely landed in Kazakhstan after completing a 241-day mission on the International Space Station (ISS).
- This mission marked the first spaceflight for Williams and Mikaev, while it was Kud-Sverchkov's second trip to the ISS.
- After landing, the crew was transported by helicopter to Karaganda, with Williams returning to Houston and the Russian cosmonauts heading to their training base near Moscow.
- Despite geopolitical tensions following Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine, U.S. and Russian space agencies continue to collaborate on ISS missions, maintaining joint crew rotations using each other's spacecraft.
- A new crew, including NASA astronaut Anil Menon and Roscosmos cosmonauts Pyotr Dubrov and Anna Kikina, arrived at the ISS on July 14 to join Expedition 75 alongside astronauts from NASA and the European Space Agency.
