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Soyuz MS-16 Safely Returns ISS Trio Back to Earth
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Soyuz MS-16 Safely Returns ISS Trio Back to Earth

The Soyuz MS-16 has successfully landed back on Earth, safely bringing back a NASA astronaut and two Roscosmos cosmonauts. Get the deets here.

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A week after the Soyuz MS-17 successfully delivered a NASA astronaut and two Roscosmos cosmonauts to the International Space Station (ISS), Soyuz MS-16 has now landed safely back on Earth.

The three international crew members who left the ISS were all safely aboard, per NASA Spaceflight.

The ISS's command was handed over from Expedition 63 NASA astronaut, Chris Cassidy, to Roscosmos cosmonaut, Sergey Ryzhikov, before the Soyuz MS-16 undocked and began its return journey home.

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Return to Earth

The Soyuz MS-16 landed in Kazakhstan at 22:55 EDT on October 21, safely delivering the three international crew members back to Earth.

The trio was based at the ISS for the duration of Expedition 63, which lasted 196 days and covered 83 million miles (133.5 million km) with over 3,136 orbits of Earth, per Spaceflight Now.