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NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei and Roscosmos cosmonauts Pyotr Dubrov and Anton Shkaplerov hug their International Space Station crewmates before boarding a Russian Soyuz spacecraft to Earth. Cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev closes the hatch of the capsule. NASA, earlier in March, said tensions linked to the war in Ukraine had no impact on ISS operations or the planned return of an American astronaut aboard a Russian capsule later this month. There have been fears that soaring tensions between the United States and Russia over Ukraine could leave the 55-year-old stranded on the outpost. There had been fears that soaring tensions between the United States and Russia over Ukraine could leave the 55-year-old Vande Hei stranded on the outpost. IMAGES
Two Russian cosmonauts and a NASA astronaut touch down on the Kazakhstan steppe following a half-year mission, according to footage broadcast by NASA and the Russian space agency. Russian cosmonauts Sergei Ryzhikov, Sergei Kud-Sverchkov and NASA astronaut Kate Rubins landed at 0455 GMT around 150 kilometres from the town of Zhezkazgan. IMAGES
Aurora brightens the sky over Earth, captured by NASA astronaut Jeff Williams
Aurora brightens the sky over Earth, captured by NASA astronaut Jeff Williams
A space capsule carrying the International Space Station (ISS) crew of Russian cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev, Dmitri Petelin and NASA astronaut Frank Rubio, lands on the Earth's surface in Kazakhstan. IMAGES
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