Overview
- Parachute-assisted touchdown occurred at 12:03 a.m. EST on Dec. 9 southeast of Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, after a Dec. 8 undocking from the ISS’s Prichal module.
- The returning crew comprised NASA astronaut Jonny Kim and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritskiy following a 245-day mission.
- Across nearly 3,920 Earth orbits, the team advanced studies on bioprinted tissues with blood vessels, remote robot control via Surface Avatar, and space fabrication of DNA-mimicking nanomaterials.
- The mission included two spacewalks and station upkeep tasks, including external hardware work on the Russian segment.
- Post-landing recovery sent Kim to NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston as Ryzhikov and Zubritskiy proceeded to the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center, while ISS research continues under Expedition 74.