Two NASA astronauts and cosmonaut land after ISS stint

Two astronauts and a cosmonaut who have spent months on the International Space Station (ISS) landed back on Earth on Friday.

NASA astronauts Andrew Morgan and Jessica Meir along with Oleg Skripochka of the Russian space agency Roscosmos undocked from the ISS in the Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft at 20.53 Central Time (01.53 GMT).

The trio landed in the Steppe of Kazakhstan, at 00.16 Central time (05.16 GMT) on Friday morning.

Morgan's 272-day mission began on July 20, 2019, whilst Meir and Skripochka left Earth on September 25 last year.