Russian woman Anna Kikina returned to Earth from the ISS

March 12, 2023, 05:51

NASA: Crew Dragon returned from the ISS and splashed down in the Atlantic Ocean

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The device splashed down in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Florida. In addition to Kikina, American astronauts Nicol Mann and Josh Kassada, as well as Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata, returned to Earth.

After the Crew-5 crew returned to Earth, Russians Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitry Petelin, NASA astronaut Frank Rubio remained on the ISS, they arrived at the station on the Russian Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft. Also on the ISS is the Crew-6 crew, which flew into orbit on the Crew Dragon. Crew-6 includes Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev, Americans Stephen Bowen and Woody Hoburg, and UAE astronaut Sultan Al-Neyadi.

Crew members of the damaged Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft will return to Earth in September, Roscosmos said. Initially, the return of the astronauts was planned for March 23, 2023.