Expedition 72 Soyuz Landing in Kazakhstan
Handout photo dated on April 20, 2025 shows NASA astronaut Don Pettit, center, walks and smiles, while supported by NASA Flight Surgeons Quinn Dufurrena, left, Rainer Effenhauser, right, and Richard Scheuring, background, during a brief layover in Prestwick, Scotland during his return flight to Houston from Karaganda, Kazakhstan, Sunday, April 20, 2025. Pettit, along with Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin, and Ivan Vagner, returned to Earth earlier in the day after logging 220 days in space as members of Expeditions 71 and 72 aboard the International Space Station. NASA astronaut Don Pettit has safely returned to Earth after a seven-month mission aboard the ISS, landing with Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner. Their Soyuz MS-26 capsule touched down near Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on Sunday, 20 April. Pettit’s 70th birthday. During their 220-day stay, the crew orbited Earth 3,520 times and traveled 93.3 million miles. Pettit participated in key experiments, including 3D printing in microgravi
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