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US-Russian space crew lands safely after eight-month stint on the ISS
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Key Points:
- A US-Russian space crew, including 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 and the second for Kud-Sverchkov, with the crew returning via Soyuz MS-28 and being transported to their respective home bases.
- Despite geopolitical tensions following Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine, the US and Russia continue to collaborate on the ISS, with crews flying on each other’s spacecraft.
- On July 14, a new crew comprising NASA astronaut Anil Menon and Roscosmos cosmonauts Pyotr Dubrov and Anna Kikina arrived at the ISS for an eight-month mission, joining Expedition 75 alongside astronauts from NASA, ESA, and Roscosmos.
- NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman attended the launch at Baikonur Cosmodrome, marking the first visit by a NASA chief to the site in eight years.
