Russia's Soyuz spacecraft returned to Earth

Russia's Soyuz spacecraft and three astronauts safely returned to Earth after working 123 days on the International Space Station (ISS).

Russia's Soyuz spacecraft carries a three-member crew, consisting of two Russian astronauts, Gennady Padalka and Sergei Revin, along with an American astronaut Joe Acaba, who has returned to Earth in an area above. Kazakhstan territory at 8:53 am September 17 (local time).

The Soyuz spacecraft returned to Earth at the expected location in Kazakhstan

All three astronauts are completely healthy after returning to Earth and undergoing an environmental adjustment process. American astronaut Joe Acaba said on the Twitter page of the US Space Agency (NASA): 'I feel great.'

The 3-person astronaut team has been posted to the ISS station since last May and they have been working there ever since. During their stay in ISS, they conducted a space walk and conducted 40 scientific experiments.

Currently, astronaut Sunita Williams (USA), Yury Malenchenko (Russia) and Yevgeny Tarelkin (Japan) are still working on ISS. It is expected that another three crew will be taken to the ISS by the Russian Soyuz TMA-06M spacecraft from Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan in late October.

Russia's Soyuz spacecraft is the only means to bring astronauts to the ISS and return to Earth, after the US shuttle program ended last year.