NASA's Soyuz crew lands on Earth from ISS after 195 days mission

Russian ncy Roscosmos’ astronaut Chris Cassidy and cosmonauts Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner landed on Earth at 10:54 p.m. EDT in Kazakhstan on October 21 post completion of 195-day mission. three crew members had departed to International Station (ISS) in early April and had remained re for over 6 months. trio touched down on Soyuz MS-16 craft at 7:32 pm in Kazakhstan desert area, interestingly, having remained in most of coronavirus pandemic months. 

According to a NASA release, prior to ir departure in , crew had undergone strict quarantine measures. Astronaut Cassidy was asked to isolate in Russia’s Star City ahead of craft’s launch into ISS. He n spent a total of 378 days in , which makes him fifth-highest -time crew member. Rigorous post-landing medical checks have been arranged for trio before y head for ir homeward journey. While Cassidy will return to Houston on board a NASA plane, Vagner and Ivanishin will return to Russia’s Star City. cosmonauts and astronauts performed over 20 years of crewed operations aboard ISS before safely returning to Earth. 

Ahead of ir return on Earth, Astronaut Cassidy Tweeted pictures of himself with a caption, “Getting suited up for return!” He had also tweeted seven tubes of blood placed in a deep freezer, asking, what price of a return ride back to Earth was. A former U.S. Navy SEAL, Cassidy said at a press conference in March that he had gone through tough isolation before heading to ISS. He furr added, had he been in a rmal quarantine, he’d probably have gone to some restaurants or would have left immediate parameters of Star City area. But t this time, re were strict regulations due to pandemic. 

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NASA’s X Crew-1 mission

crew was launched from Site 31 Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan and arrived on ISS on April 9. After ir return from ISS, re is three-person more crew of Expedition 64 to take in charge. NASA astronaut Kate Rubins, and station commander Sergey Ryzhikov and Sergey Kud-Sverchkov of Roscosmos reached ISS on October 13. Meanwhile, NASA’s X Crew-1 mission targeted to launch in vember will increment crew to seven people for first time with astronauts Michael Hopkins, Victor Glover and Shann Walker, and Soichi guchi of Japan Aero Exploration ncy.

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