A team from US, Russia and Japan land safely in Kazakhstan after the 2-day journey back from the International Space Station mission. Three astronauts namely Kate Rubins, Anatoly Ivanishin and Takuya Onishi are the successful missionaries that return to Earth after 115-day on board the International Space Station Expedition.
Rubins and her crewmates Anatoly Ivanishin of the Russian space agency Roscosmos and Takuya Onishi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency touched down in their Soyuz MS-01 at 11:58 p.m. EDT (9:58 a.m.Oct. 30, Kazakhstan time) southeast of the remote town of Dzhezkazgan in Kazakhstan.
The three spacemen were then airlifted by a helicopter to Karaganda, Kazakhstan for recovery and where they will be transferred again to their bases with Iavnishin to Star City, Russia and Rubins and Onishi to Houston, reported by Latinos Health.
“Landing has taken place!” Russian mission control stated, with commentators on Nasa TV noting that the Soyuz craft had landed in an upright position.
According to Pocono Record, Rubins, who has a degree in molecular biology, contributed to several new studies taking place for the first time aboard the space station, including the Biomolecule Sequencer experiment. The ability to sequence the DNA of living organisms in space could enable astronauts to diagnose an illness or identify microbes growing in the space station and determine whether they represent a health threat.
The members of the main crew of the International Space Station Expedition 48/49 watched astronaut Kate Rubins of NASA trying outside the confines of the station for two spacewalks.
During the first one on Aug. 19, she and NASA astronaut Jeff Williams installed the first international docking adapter. Outfitted with a host of sensors and systems, the adapter's main objective is to implement a port for satellite carrying astronauts to the station in the future. Its first users are expected to be the Boeing Starliner and SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft now in development in partnership with NASA's Commercial Crew Program.
During her second spacewalk on Sept. 1, Rubins and Williams removed a spare thermal control radiator and installed two new high-definition cameras. Thanks to the three astronauts who contributed big help to the NASA mission, especially to Kate Rubins. Indeed, what they made is a very special mission.
