Jonny Kim Returns to Earth After 8 Months on ISS
By Reuters | 09 Dec, 2025
The Korean American astronaut touched down aboard a Soyuz MS-27 spacecraft along with two Russian cosmonauts.
NASA astronaut Jonny Kim rests upon returning in the Soyuz MS-27 space capsule from the International Space Station (ISS) together with Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritskiy in a remote area near Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, December 9, 2025. NASA/Bill Ingalls/Handout via REUTERS
A Soyuz MS-27 spacecraft carrying NASA astronaut Jonathan (Jonny) Kim and Russian cosmonauts Sergei Ryzhikov and Alexei Zubritsky has returned to Earth, Russia's Roscosmos space agency said on Tuesday.
Jonny Kim spent 8 months aboard the International Space Station after lifting off aboard the Soyuz MS-27 spacecraft on April 8, 2025
The spacecraft landed at 08:04 Moscow time (05:04 GMT) near the Kazakh city of Zhezkazgan, the agency said.
(Reporting by Reuters; editing by Guy Faulconbridge)
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