Summary
They landed gently on the ground in Kazakhstan, a country in Central Asia 🌍
Their mission on the International Space Station lasted eight months 🛰️
Everyone cheered because the landing was safe and smooth 🎉
Key Points
4 points1
Three crew members: one from the United States and two from Russia.
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They traveled back in the Soyuz MS-28 spacecraft.
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The landing took place in a plain area southeast of the town of Dzhezkazgan.
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The mission on the International Space Station lasted about eight months.
New Words to Learn
9 wordsastronaut
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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