Soyuz MS-15 capsule lands in Kazakhstan

By Aliia Raimbekova

NUR SULTAN (AA) - Soyuz MS-15 capsule, which has been in the International Space Station (ISS) for six months, returned successfully to the World on Friday.

A capsule with Russian cosmonaut Oleg Skripochka, U.S. NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Andrew Morgan made a touchdown in the Kazakh steppe near the city of Jezkazgan at 11.16 (06.16 GMT) local time.

The landing moment of the capsule was given live on the website of the Russian Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS).

It was seen on the live broadcast that while removing the team members from the capsule and performing health checks the search and rescue teams wore masks and maintained social distance.

The health conditions of the team members are good, according to ROSCOSMOS’s statement.

Russian cosmonauts Anatoliy Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner and NASA astronaut Christopher Cassidy are still in the ISS.

The ISS is stationed in low Earth orbit and serves as a microgravity and space environment research laboratory for scientists to conduct experiments in various fields.

It is also a staging base for possible future missions to the Moon, Mars, and asteroids.

*Writing by Havva Kara Aydin