3 astronauts on the International Space Station returned safely

After 204 days on the International Space Station (ISS), the crew of 3 astronauts Oleg Kononenko (Russia), Anne McClain (USA) and David Saint-Jacques (Canada) returned to Earth safely .

Information from the US Aeronautics Agency (NASA) said three astronauts Oleg Kononenko (of the Russian Federal Space Agency - Roscosmos), Anne McClain (of NASA) and David Saint-Jacques (of the Agency) Canadian Space Agency, Canada, landed near the Zhezkazgan (Kazakhstan) at about 9:47 am today (June 25) in Vietnam, after 204 days on the ISS.

NASA astronaut Anne McClain, Russian commander Oleg Kononenko and Canadian aircraft engineer David Saint-Jacques.(Photo: NASA).

On December 3 last year, Soyuz boosters brought spacecraft and crew to ISS successfully launched into orbit. This is the first space transport of the Soyuz since the launch of the missile incident in October 2018.

On October 11, 2018, Soyuz rocket launchers were responsible for bringing Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft with two astronauts Alexei Ovchinin (Russia) and Nick Hague (USA) to ISS, having encountered problems during launch. from Baikonur space airport.

The incident occurred when the 1st and 2nd floors of the boosters separated immediately after being launched. The two astronauts made an emergency landing in the Zhezkazgan area, Central Kazakhstan and were lucky to escape.

This was the first serious missile launch that the Soyuz crew had encountered since 1983, when the crew escaped when the explosion occurred at the launch pad.