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Russian cosmonaut Alexander Skvortsov, American astronaut Christina Koch and Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano land in the Kazakh steppes as they return to Earth from the International Space Station. Christina Koch of NASA is returning to earth after shattering a spaceflight record for female astronauts by spending almost a year aboard the ISS. IMAGES of the Soyuz capsule returning to earth
American astronaut Christina Koch, Russian cosmonaut Alexander Skvortsov and Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano are set to return to Earth from the International Space Station on Thursday. Koch will touch down in Kazakhstan after 328 days at the ISS as the holder of the record for the longest single spaceflight by a woman. Parmitano of the European Space Agency and Skvortsov of Roscosmos are rounding off standard half-year missions. IMAGES
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