American, 2 Russians Return to Earth From Space Station

Expedition 64 NASA astronaut Kate Rubins is helped out of the Soyuz MS-17 spacecraft just minutes after she, and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov, and Sergey Ryzhikov landed in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on April 17, 2021. Bill Ingalls/NASA via AP

MOSCOW—An American astronaut and two Russians have returned to Earth after six months aboard the International Space Station.

A Soyuz space capsule carrying NASA’s Kate Rubins and Russians Sergey Ryzhikov and Sergey Kud-Sverchkov landed at 0455 GMT (12:55 a.m. EDT) Saturday in the steppes of Kazakhstan.