On September 23, Russia’s Soyuz MS-25 spacecraft landed in the vicinity of Zhezkazgan (Kazakhstan), bringing home a crew of three from the International Space Station (ISS), according to the news agency TASS.
The crew members included two astronauts from the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), Oleg Kononenko and Nikolay Chub, and NASA astronaut Tracy Dyson.
“Yesterday, the participants of the long-duration missions 70 and 71, astronauts Oleg Kononenko and Nikolay Chub, who spent a year in Earth orbit, along with astronaut Tracy Dyson, returned to Earth from the ISS aboard the Soyuz MS-25 spacecraft,” stated the Roscosmos press office.
From left to right: NASA astronaut Tracy Dyson with Roscosmos astronauts Oleg Kononenko and Nikolay Chub aboard the International Space Station (ISS). (Photo: TASS)
Moment of the Soyuz MS-25 spacecraft landing near Zhezkazgan (Kazakhstan) on September 23. (Photo: ROSCOSMOS).
NASA astronaut Tracy Dyson receiving medical care after the Soyuz MS-25 spacecraft landed near Zhezkazgan (Kazakhstan) on September 23. (Photo: ROSCOSMOS).
Roscosmos astronaut Nikolai Chub being assisted after exiting the Soyuz MS-25 spacecraft near Zhezkazgan (Kazakhstan) on September 23. (Photo: ROSCOSMOS).
Roscosmos astronaut Oleg Kononenko receiving a traditional Russian Matryoshka doll after the Soyuz MS-25 spacecraft landed near Zhezkazgan (Kazakhstan) on September 23. (Photo: ROSCOSMOS).
According to Roscosmos, at the time of the Soyuz’s landing, two Russian astronauts set a new record for the longest continuous mission on the ISS, having spent 374 days in space since September 15, 2023.
Astronaut Kononenko also broke the world record for the total time spent by a single individual in space, according to RT.
As of the landing on September 23, Astronaut Kononenko had spent 1,110 days in space, surpassing the previous record of 878 days set by Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka in 2015.
