Soyuz Commander Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos (C) along with Expedition 56 Commander Drew Feustel and flight engineer Ricky Arnold of NASA touched down in a Soyuz MS-08 spacecraft (R image) near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on Oct. 4, 2018, after 197 days in space. NASA/Roscosmos
Three astronauts, who spent 197 days at the International Space Station, returned to Earth on Oct. 4, as their Soyuz MS-08 spacecraft hit the ground safely under an orange and white canopy.
The Soyuz MS-08 spacecraft is seen as it lands with near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on Oct. 4, 2018. Bill Ingalls/NASA
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