After filming a trailblazing movie in space, three Russians -- an actress, the director and a cosmonaut -- have safely returned to Earth.
After filming the first movie in space, Russian actress Yulia Peresild, producer-director Klim Shipenko and cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy have safely returned home.
After saying farewell to the rest of the astronauts and cosmonauts on the International Space Station and closing the hatch at 4:41 p.m. ET on October 16, their Soyuz MS-18 spacecraft undocked from the station at 9:14 p.m.A Russian trio said farewell to the station crew and closed the Soyuz MS-18 crew ship hatch at 4:41pm ET today. They undock at 9:14pm this evening. More... https://t.co/Hwwr4AEUI7 pic.twitter.
— International Space Station October 16, 2021 The spacecraft experienced deorbit burn at 11:42 p.m., and they made a parachute-assisted landing on the steppe of Kazakhstan at 12:35 a.m. ET on October 17. Head of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin was there to greet the crew as they were removed from the capsule. Film crews were rolling to shoot additional scenes for the movie at the landing site. After a medical evacuation, helicopters retrieved the crew to deliver them to Karaganda, Kazakhstan.
I congratulate @novitskiy_iss, Klim and Julia on their successful return to Earth! Our ISS crew followed and worried! It was a pleasure for me to work with you for 12 days 😉— Anton Shkaplerov October 17, 2021 Novitskiy's return to Earth on Sunday morning comes after spending 191 days in space on his third mission, and he will have logged 531 days in space across three separate flights.
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