The Soyuz MS-27 spacecraft is seen as it lands in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Dec. 9, 2025, with Expedition 73 NASA astronaut Jonny Kim, and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritsky aboard.
The trio returned to Earth after logging 245 days in space as members of Expeditions 72 and 73 aboard the International Space Station. While aboard the orbiting laboratory, Kim contributed to a wide range of scientific investigations and technology demonstrations.
For more than 25 years, people have lived and worked continuously aboard the International Space Station, advancing scientific knowledge and making research breakthroughs that are not possible on Earth. The station is a critical testbed for NASA to understand and overcome the challenges of long-duration spaceflight and to expand commercial opportunities in low Earth orbit.
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Image credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
联盟MS-27飞船于2025年12月9日在哈萨克斯坦杰兹卡兹甘镇附近的偏远地区着陆，机上载有第73次远征任务的NASA宇航员金乔尼（Jonny Kim），以及俄罗斯航天国家集团（Roscosmos）的宇航员谢尔盖·雷日科夫（Sergey Ryzhikov）和阿列克谢·祖布里茨基（Alexey Zubritsky）。
三名航天员在国际空间站执行第72与第73号远征队任务期间，共在太空停留了245天，如今顺利返回地球。在轨期间，金参与了多项科学研究与技术验证实验，为太空科学与工程提供了宝贵数据。
在过去25年中，人类持续在国际空间站生活和工作，推动了地面无法实现的科学突破。空间站是NASA研究和克服长期太空飞行挑战的重要试验平台，同时也为近地轨道的商业发展拓展了更多可能。
图片来源: NASA/Bill Ingalls
