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3 International Space Station crew members return to Earth

Posted at 8:11 AM, Apr 10, 2017
and last updated 2017-04-10 08:11:36-04

After 173 days in space, three crew members returned to Earth on Monday from the International Space Station.

The descent module carrying NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough, and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Andrey Borisenko landed at approximately 7:20 a.m. ET in Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan.

The crew undocked from the International Space Station at approximately 3:57 a.m. ET to begin the journey back to Earth.

As the Soyuz MS-02 spacecraft undocked from the ISS, Expedition 51 began under the command of NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson, along with Flight Engineers Oleg Novitskiy of Roscosmos and Thomas Pesquet of the European Space Agency.

Two new crew members will arrive at the International Space Station in late April.

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