Three crew members from International Space Station (ISS) The Russian spacecraft returned to Earth on Saturday (17) in Soyuz, the agency Roskosmos reported.
Soyuz MS-17 Kazakhstan Russian cosmonauts with Sergey Reznikov and Sergey Kud-Severkov and gave the Americans “a ride”.
Ship brought astronaut from there NASA Kate Rubinus. He, who is a microbiologist, was the first person to sequence DNA in space in 2016.
American astronaut Kathleen Rubins returned to Earth after seven months in space on April 17, 2021 – Photo: Irina Spector / GCTC / Roskosmos / Reuters
All three were at the space station since mid-October last year.
The mission was the last scheduled Russian flight carrying an American crew member, marking the end of a long dependency.
You America Preparations are to return to the ability to send astronauts to space on their own.
Last year, SpaceX became the first private company to send a crew to the ISS, which restored American capacity Juggling for the first time Since the end of the space shuttle program.
On Friday (16), the NASA announced Who chose SpaceX To take the first American astronauts to the moon since 1972.
The $ 2.9 billion contract includes a prototype of the starship spacecraft, which is being tested at SpaceX facilities in southern Texas.
