Spacecraft brings Russians, American back to earth, Russia's space agency says


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  • Sunday, 20 Apr 2025

The Soyuz MS-26 space capsule carrying the International Space Station (ISS) crew, formed of NASA astronaut Don Pettit, Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexei Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner, lands in a remote area near Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan April 20, 2025, in this still image taken from video. Roscosmos/Handout via REUTERS NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES. MANDATORY CREDIT. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY

MOSCOW, Dec 9 (Reuters) - A Soyuz MS-27 spacecraft carrying Russian cosmonauts Sergei Ryzhikov and Alexei Zubritsky and NASA astronaut Jonathan Kim has returned to Earth, Russia's Roscosmos space agency said on Tuesday.

The spacecraft landed at 08:04 Moscow time (05:04 GMT) near the Kazakh city of Zhezkazgan, the agency said.

(Reporting by Reuters; editing by Guy Faulconbridge)

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