Spacecraft brings Russians, American back to earth, Russia's space agency says
The U.S.-Russian crew completed a 241-day mission, and Williams will return to Houston after landing in Kazakhstan, officials said.
- On Sunday, July 26, 2026, NASA astronaut Chris Williams and Russian crewmates Sergei Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev landed safely in the steppes of Kazakhstan, with their Soyuz MS-28 spacecraft touching down southeast of Dzhezkazgan.
- The crew completed a 241-day stint on the International Space Station, marking the first space mission for Williams and Mikaev, while Kud-Sverchkov concluded his second journey to the orbiting outpost.
- Ground teams confirmed the capsule landed smoothly in the designated recovery zone, concluding an eight-month mission aboard the ISS without reported complications.
- Preceding the landing, the hatch between the Soyuz and the ISS closed, marking the spacecraft's departure and initiating the final phase of the crew's return journey from low Earth orbit.
- This successful touchdown maintains long-standing cooperation between NASA and Russian space agencies, as the crew begins standard post-flight medical evaluations following their extended time in microgravity.
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They spent eight months in space and orbited the Earth more than 3,800 times. Now two Russian cosmonauts and one US astronaut are back on Earth.
They spent eight months in space and orbited the Earth more than 3,800 times. Now two Russian cosmonauts and one US astronaut are back on Earth.
After eight months aboard the International Space Station (ISS), two Russian cosmonauts and one American astronaut landed safely in Kazakhstan on Sunday. The Soyuz MS-28 spacecraft parachuted to a designated area in the steppe southeast of the city of Zhezkazgan.
A U.S.-Russian space crew lands safely in Kazakhstan after an 8-month stint on the ISS
The crew will be flown by helicopter to Karaganda, where Williams will board a plane to return to NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, while Kud‑Sverchkov and Mikaev will take a flight to their training base in Star City, just outside Moscow.
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