NASA astronaut Jonny Kim, along with Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritsky, safely returned to Earth on Tuesday after an eight-month science mission aboard the International Space Station. Their mission focused on conducting research to benefit life on Earth and future space exploration efforts.
The crew landed in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, at 12:03 a.m. EST (10:03 a.m. local time) on December 9, 2025, with assistance from parachutes. They departed from the space station at 8:41 p.m. on December 8 aboard the Soyuz MS-27 spacecraft.
During their 245-day mission, they orbited Earth 3,920 times, covering nearly 104 million miles. The mission began on April 8 and marked the first spaceflight for both Kim and Zubritsky, while Ryzhikov completed his third journey to space, accumulating a total of 603 days in space.
Original Source: NASA News