Welcome to Earth! Three people landed back on planet Earth this morning after spending 168 days in space. NASA astronaut Scott Tingle (Astro_Maker), astronaut Norishige Kanai of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, and cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov (Anton_Astrey) of the Russian space agency Roscosmos landed in their Soyuz spacecraft southeast of the remote town of Dzhezkazgan in Kazakhstan at 8:39 a.m. EDT. The crew completed hundreds of experiments, including materials testing, a study of the effect of microgravity on the bone marrow and research into plant growth in space during their time on the International Space Station (iss). Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls #nasa #space #spacecraft #touchdown #landing #astronauts #crew #earth #home #return #soyuz #microgravity #laboratory #trip #travel #roscosmos #planetearth #science