Actions

US-Russian space crew lands safely in Kazakhstan

Posted
and last updated

An International Space Station crew has been greeted with extra precautions because of the coronavirus after landing safely in Kazakhstan after more than 200 days in space. The Soyuz capsule carrying NASA astronauts Andrew Morgan and Jessica Meir and Russian cosmonaut Oleg Skripochka touched down on Friday in central Kazakhstan. Russian officials took stringent measures to protect the crew members amid the pandemic. The recovery team and medical personnel assigned to help the three out of the capsule had been under close medical observation for nearly a month and tested for the new virus. Morgan wrapped up a 272-day mission on his first space flight. Meir and Skripochka spent 205 days in space.  

Sign up for our Morning E-mail Newsletter to receive the latest headlines in your inbox.

,

Weather

Daily Forecast

View Hourly Forecast

Day

Conditions

HI / LO

Precip

Tuesday

11/04/2025

Sunny

81° / 52°

0%

Wednesday

11/05/2025

Partly Cloudy

76° / 58°

3%

Thursday

11/06/2025

AM Clouds/PM Sun

69° / 54°

14%

Friday

11/07/2025

Partly Cloudy

70° / 52°

11%

Saturday

11/08/2025

Sunny

75° / 53°

6%

Sunday

11/09/2025

Mostly Sunny

81° / 55°

1%

Monday

11/10/2025

Partly Cloudy

78° / 55°

0%

Tuesday

11/11/2025

Partly Cloudy

76° / 55°

3%