Nasa astronaut Don Pettit returned to Earth from the International Space Station – coincidentally on his 70th birthday – aboard the Russian Suyoz spacecraft early on Sunday morning.

A Soyuz capsule carrying two Russian cosmonauts and one American astronaut safely landed Sunday in Kazakhstan, concluding a 220-day mission aboard the International Space Station ...

The three cosmonauts returned after spending 220 days in space and orbiting the Earth 3,520 times, Nasa said in a statement.

A Soyuz capsule carrying two Russian cosmonauts and one American astronaut safely landed Sunday in Kazakhstan, concluding a ...

Moscow: A Soyuz spacecraft carrying an American and two Russians from the International Space Station (ISS) landed back on ...

Don Pettit, Nasa's oldest active-duty astronaut, safely returned to Earth, concluding a 220-day mission aboard the International Space Station (ISS). He landed in the Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft along with ...

Cake, gifts and a low-key family celebration may be how many senior citizens picture their 70th birthday. But Nasa’s oldest ...

Russian spacecraft Soyuz MS-26 carrying NASA astronaut Don Pettit and Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner undocked from the International Space Station and landed back on Earth in ...

"Its deorbiting and descent to Earth were normal," the agency said in a post on the Telegram messaging app. It added that the ...

Don Pettit's birthday "party" brought together Russian recovery teams in Kazakhstan, where it was April 20 (his birthdate).