ISS crew on the last ship of the old series “Unions” returned to Earth – RBC

The members of the main crew of 47/48 minutes long expedition to the ISS Russian cosmonauts Oleg Skripochka, Alex Ovchinin and NASA astronaut Jeffrey Williams (left to right) before the launch from Baikonur, March 18, 2016

Photo: Ramil Sitdikov / RIA Novosti / TASS

capsule “Soyuz TMA-20M” with the ISS crew landed safely in the steppes of Kazakhstan. All operations on the descent from orbit and landing went normally, said, “Roskosmos»

The astronauts “Roscosmos” Alex Ovchinin, Oleg Skripochka and NASA astronaut Jeffrey Williams returned to earth from the International Space Station, said, “Roskosmos” .

«There landing descent vehicle # SoyuzTMA20M! All operations on the descent from orbit and landing went cleanly “- said in” Roskosmos “message on Twitter.

«TMA-20M Soyuz” spacecraft device landed on the territory of Kazakhstan the south-east of the city of Zhezkazgan, as planned.

«TMA-20M Soyuz” with the crew on board undocked from ISS on the night of 7 September. Members 47 and 48 expeditions were on the ISS on 19 March. During his stay on the International Space Station crew performed a program of scientific and applied research and experimentation, to maintain the health of the ISS and carried out work on its equipping equipment delivered by cargo ships, specified in “Roskosmos».

«Soyuz TMA-20M “- the last ship of the old series” Unions “, to fly into space. In July, another expedition to the ISS has delivered the modernized ship “MS Union.” Then he delivered to the ISS crew of Russian cosmonaut Anatoly Ivanishina, Japanese astronaut Takuya Onishi and NASA astronaut Kathleen Rubins. They continue to work on the orbit until the arrival of the next expedition.