Back to Earth: Crew from the International Space Station land in Kazakhstan
NASA astronaut Jeff Williams of the US and Russian cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Oleg Skripochka landed in a remote area of Kazakhstan on Wednesday, September 7, 2016. The three are returning after 172 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 47 and 48 crews onboard the International Space Station.
- A landing module of the Russian Soyuz TMA-19M space craft carrying crew members of the International Space Station (ISS), Russian cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin, Oleg Skripochka and US NASA astronaut Jeffrey Williams, lands some 150 kms to the east of the city of Dzhezkazgan in Kazakhstan on September 7, 2016. The ISS space laboratory has been orbiting Earth at about 28,000 kilometres per hour (17,400 miles per hour) since 1998. (AFP PHOTO / POOL / MAXIM SHIPENKOV)
- NASA astronaut Jeff Williams, Russian cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin, and Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Wednesday, September 7, 2016 (Kazakh time). Williams, Ovchinin, and Skripochka are returning after 172 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 47 and 48 crews onboard the International Space Station. (AFP PHOTO / NASA / BILL INGALLS)
- Russian cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos rests in a chair outside the Soyuz TMA-20M spacecraft a few moments after he and NASA astronaut Jeff Williams, and Russian cosmonaut Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos landed in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan onon Wednesday, September 7, 2016 (Kazakh time). Williams, Ovchinin, and Skripochka are returning after 172 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 47 and 48 crews onboard the International Space Station. (AFP PHOTO / NASA / BILL INGALLS)
- The Soyuz TMA-20M spacecraft is seen as it lands with Expedition 48 crew members, NASA astronaut Jeff Williams, Russian cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin, and Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Wednesday, September 7, 2016(Kazakh time). Williams, Ovchinin, and Skripochka are returning after 172 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 47 and 48 crews onboard the International Space Station. (AFP PHOTO / NASA / BILL INGALLS)
- KHEZKAZGAN, KAZAKHSTAN – SEPTEMBER 7: The Soyuz TMA-20M spacecraft is seen as it lands with Expedition 48 crew members NASA astronaut Jeff Williams and Russian cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos September 7, 2016 near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan. Williams, Ovchinin, and Skripochka are returning after 172 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 47 and 48 crews onboard the International Space Station. (Photo by Bill Ingalls/NASA via Getty Images)
- KHEZKAZGAN, KAZAKHSTAN – SEPTEMBER 7: Expedition 48 crew members (L-R) NASA astronaut Jeff Williams and Russian cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos are seen inside the Soyuz TMA-20M spacecraft after landing September 7, 2016 near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan. Williams, Ovchinin, and Skripochka are returning after 172 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 47 and 48 crews onboard the International Space Station. (Photo by Bill Ingalls/NASA via Getty Images)
- KHEZKAZGAN, KAZAKHSTAN – SEPTEMBER 7: The Soyuz TMA-20M spacecraft is seen as it lands with Expedition 48 crew members NASA astronaut Jeff Williams and Russian cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos September 7, 2016 near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan. Williams, Ovchinin, and Skripochka are returning after 172 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 47 and 48 crews onboard the International Space Station. (Photo by Bill Ingalls/NASA via Getty Images)
- Member of the International Space Station (ISS) crew Russian cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin, center, poses for a photo shortly after landing near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2016. A record-setting American and two Russians landed safely back on Earth Wednesday after a six-month mission aboard the International Space Station. (Maxim Shipenkov/Pool Photo via AP)
- In this photo provided by NASA, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos rests in a chair outside the Soyuz TMA-20M spacecraft a few moments after he and NASA astronaut Jeff Williams, and Russian cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos landed in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2016. A record-setting American and two Russians landed safely back on Earth Wednesday after a six-month mission aboard the International Space Station. (Bill Ingalls/NASA via AP)
- This photo provided by NASA shows the Soyuz TMA-20M spacecraft as it lands with Expedition 48 crew members NASA astronaut Jeff Williams, Russian cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin, and Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2016. A record-setting American and two Russians landed safely back on Earth Wednesday after a six-month mission aboard the International Space Station. (Bill Ingalls/NASA via AP)