Expedition 72 Soyuz Landing in Kazakhstan

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

China's space station lab module Mengtian ready for launch

STORY: China's space station lab module Mengtian ready for launch DATELINE: Oct. 26, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:55 LOCATION: WENCHANG, China CATEGORY: SCIENCE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in the southern province of Hainan, China STORYLINE: The China Manned Space Agency said Tuesday that the combination of China's space station lab module Mengtian and its carrier rocket Long March-5B Y4 has been transported to the launch area. The lab module will be sent into orbit at an appropriate time in the near future. Prior to the launch, function checks and joint tests will be carried out as planned. The agency said that the facilities and equipment at the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in the southern province of Hainan are in good condition, and all departments involved in the mission are undergoing final preparations. The Mengtian module is the second lab component of China's under-construction space station. Scientific equipment in the module will be used for studying microgravi