Soyuz MS-19 Lands in Kazakhstan

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The Soyuz MS-19 Spacecraft successfully landed after undocking from the ISS with cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov, Pyotr Dubrov and NASA Astronaut Mark Vande Hei, who broke the space endurance record during his stay on the station.

Despite the expected bad weather, the Spacecraft landed in Kazakhstan as planned, touchdown was confirmed at 5:28 pm local time.

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Amid everything happening in Eastern Europe, it is a bitter-sweet moment to see everyone being happy about their safe return. After all, there's no room for political disputes in these procedures.

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The crew will undergo medical checks, then be flown to the city of Karaganda by helicopter.

From there, the two cosmonauts will be flown towards Star City near Moscow, and Mark will fly on a NASA jet to Houston.

It's fascinating to think that these people are feeling the sensation of Gravity in over a year, they will need some time to adapt to the feeling for sure.

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The next mission is Axiom 1, which is a fully private mission on the Crew Dragon to the ISS for Axiom Space, which is a company planning to build a private space station of their own with the help of the ISS. The launch is in just a few days so be aware!