Dec. 9 (UPI) -- NASA astronaut Jonny Kim and Russian cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritsky safely touched down in Kazakhstan on Tuesday after departing the International Space Station.
The trio returned to Earth aboard the Soyuz MS-27 spacecraft after completing their eight-month mission on the ISS, according to Space.com.
"Congratulations on one more end of a Soyuz vehicle trip," mission commander Ryzhikov said upon landing. "Expedition 73, all tasks complete. The crew [members] are feeling great."
The spacecraft landed on a Kazakhstan steppe at 10:03 a.m. local time with the help of parachutes and was met by a joint NASA-Roscosmos team that helped them out of the space capsule and administered medical checks.
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