Overview

• NASA astronaut Don Pettit, along with Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner, landed near Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, after undocking from the ISS at 5:57 p.m. EDT on April 19, 2025.
• The crew completed a 220-day mission, orbiting Earth 3,520 times and traveling 93.3 million miles while conducting advanced research in microgravity.
• Pettit celebrated his 70th birthday with the landing, becoming NASA's oldest active astronaut, and has now logged 590 days in space over four missions.
• Scientific experiments during the mission included advancements in metal 3D printing, water sanitization, plant growth under varied hydration, and fire behavior in microgravity.
• Expedition 73 is now underway, with command of the ISS officially transferred to JAXA astronaut Takuya Onishi in a ceremony prior to the crew's departure.