U.S.-Russian space crew lands safely after 241 days aboard ISS

A U.S.-Russian space crew safely returned to Earth after spending 241 days aboard the International Space Station, landing in Kazakhstan and marking the end of Expedition 75. The article says NASA astronaut Chris Williams and Russian crewmates Sergei Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev touched down in their Soyuz MS-28 in the steppes southeast of Dzhezkazgan, using a parachute landing in the designated area. It reports that the 241-day stint was Williams’ first space mission and the first for Mikaev, while Kud-Sverchkov’s was the second. After landing, the crew will travel by helicopter to Karaganda, where Williams will fly back to NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, and the other two will go to their training base in Star City near Moscow. The article also notes the wider context of continued U.S.-Russia cooperation on ISS despite post-2022 tensions.