Events, Living in Space

Three ISS Expedition 36 crew members back on earth after 166 days in orbit

Three ISS crewmembers returned to earth on Tuesday (US time):

After rentering Earth’s atmosphere, Expedition 36 Commander Pavel Vinogradov and Flight Engineer Alexander Misurkin of the Russian Federal Space Agency and NASA Flight Engineer Chris Cassidy landed safely on the steppe of Kazakhstan on Sept. 11. The trio completed 166 days in space.

Earlier in the day they did there farewells on the Station to Expedition 37 Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin, Flight Engineer Karen Nyberg of NASA and Flight Engineer Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency.