One team of three astronauts — Tracy C. Dyson of NASA (the United States Space Agency), Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub of Roscosmos (the Russian Space Agency) — returned to Earth this Monday (23) after a period aboard the International Space Station (ISS).
The two Russians broke the record for time spent in orbit, completing 374 days of stay in the laboratory. The landing took place at 8:59 am (Brasília time) in a city located in Kazakhstan.
While on the ISS, where he arrived on March 25, 2024, Dyson conducted scientific activities including operating a 3D bioprinter to produce samples of heart tissue, which could advance technology to create replacement organs and tissues for transplants on Earth.
Kononenko completed his fifth trip to space, clocking up a record 1,111 days in orbit, while Chub completed his first spaceflight. The two were on the Soyuz MS-24 mission, which launched on September 15, 2023.
The landing was broadcast live by NASA and captured the scientists parachuting to the ground. After post-landing medical checks, the crew will return to the city of Karaganda in Kazakhstan to recover from the trip.
With Kononenko’s return, NASA astronaut Suni Williams, who was on Boeing’s Starliner mission, was given the keys to the ISS — returning to the post she held during ISS Expedition 33, which she assumed in September 2012.
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*With information from Fernanda Pinotti, from CNN
This content was originally published in Russian astronauts return to Earth and break record for time in orbit on the CNN Brasil website.
Source: CNN Brasil
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