Overview
- Soyuz MS-27 undocked from the International Space Station at 8:41 p.m. EST and touched down at 12:03 a.m. EST near Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan.
- The crew completed 245 days in space, circling Earth 3,920 times and traveling nearly 104 million miles.
- It was the first spaceflight for NASA’s Jonny Kim and Roscosmos’s Alexey Zubritsky, while commander Sergey Ryzhikov finished his third mission for a career total of 603 days.
- Recovery teams reached the capsule in subfreezing conditions, performed initial medical checks, and prepared Kim for return to Houston and Ryzhikov and Zubritsky for travel to Star City.
- Seven astronauts and cosmonauts remain aboard the ISS following recent arrivals on Soyuz MS-28 and SpaceX Crew-11, ensuring continuous station operations and research.