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International Space Crew Returns Home Safely 🚀

Three astronauts—one from the United States and two from Russia—came back in a Soyuz spacecraft.

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Crew members: Chris Williams (United States), Sergei Kud‑Sverchkov (Russia), Sergei Mikaev (Russia).

Spacecraft used: Soyuz MS‑28.

Landing site: southeast of the town of Dzhezkazgan in Kazakhstan.

Mission duration: about eight months aboard the International Space Station.

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They landed in Kazakhstan, a country in Central Asia, using a parachute that slowed their descent 🪂.

The crew spent eight months living and working on the International Space Station, a laboratory that circles Earth 🛰️.

The safe landing was celebrated by people around the world 🎉.

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astronaut

a person trained to travel in space

International Space Station

a big laboratory that orbits Earth where astronauts live and work

Kazakhstan

a big country in Central Asia

parachute

a cloth that slows down falling objects

Soyuz

a Russian space spacecraft that carries people to and from space

crew

the group of people working together on a mission

mission

a special trip or job, especially in space

orbit

the path a spacecraft follows around Earth

spacecraft

a vehicle designed to travel in space

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