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A Soyuz spacecraft carrying cosmonauts Oleg Artemyev, Denis Matveev, and Sergey Korsakov safely returned to Earth, touching down in Kazakhstan after undocking from the International Space Station. The crew completed their mission following a smooth departure and landing sequence.

Credit: NASA
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00:16The crew feels great.
00:2113.2
00:24Seven and a half minutes before touchdown.
00:26Oleg Artemiev continuing to report back that the crew is feeling great.
00:32300 meters for the altimeter.
00:38300 meters off the ground.
01:07Clear skies, temperatures in the mid-40s.
01:10It's Fahrenheit awaiting the arrival of Artemiev, Madveev and Korsakov, just minutes away from
01:17wrapping up 195 days away from the planet.
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02:01The presence of MI8 helicopters with the Search and Recovery Forces aboard.
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02:10zone awaiting touchdown at which point they will land themselves in sequential
02:15fashion to begin the process of arriving at the spacecraft to save the vehicle
02:21and begin the extraction of the crew
03:03five minutes until until touchdown everything proceeding on track
03:08so he was in good shape the crew feeling well
03:20the crew is feeling great and audible
03:30your decimal four in the second
03:41thank you
03:44and thank you
03:52I don't know how long it is.
03:56I can see a little bit.
04:00I don't know how long it is.
04:05I don't know how long it is.
04:11I don't know how long it is.
04:23The crew feels great, the pressure in the SIS 776 millimeters.
04:30Copy, one and a half kilometers.
04:34We're trying to spy you as well, but we're not successful yet on the camera.
04:41Copy.
04:45Getting ready for the landing.
04:48Just a second or two before touchdown, the soft landing engines will fire.
04:52One final braking maneuver to cushion the impact.
04:58About three minutes before touchdown.
05:09One thousand three hundred, copy and thank you.
05:18It works.
05:22It works.
05:41The crew feels great, we're ready for landing.
05:52And the first view of one of the Rosaviaza MI8 helicopters.
05:58900 meters, copy.
06:01Getting ready for landing.
06:05Just under two minutes until touchdown.
06:20Copy, 600 meters.
06:22Copy, 600 meters.
06:52Copy, 500 meters is the altitude.
06:59The crew feels great.
07:00One minute until touchdown.
07:03It's 666.
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07:16It works.
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07:40All is going very well.
07:44The Soyuz just seconds away from touchdown.
08:05Touchdown confirmed at 5.57 a.m. Central Time, 6.57 a.m. Eastern Time, 4.57 p.m. at
08:13the landing site.
08:13The soft landing engines firing just a second or two before touchdown.
08:19Artemyev, Medveev, and Korsakov home after 195 days in space.
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