# @cgtneurope on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DIqufdFP18o
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/29668553-cgtneurope-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-04-20T12:00:53.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** CGTN Europe (@cgtneurope) — https://gondola.cc/cgtneurope

## Caption

U.S. and Russian cosmonauts return from space together⁣
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Russian cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Wagner as well as NASA's oldest active astronaut Donald Pettit returned to Earth early this Easter Sunday.⁣
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The three crew members had concluded a 7-month research mission aboard the International Space Station with Pettit celebrating his 70th birthday in tandem with the event.⁣
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NASA footage presents the craft’s descent and landing in Kazakhstan, as well as ground crews carrying the crew from the spacecraft.⁣
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Russia's Roscosmos space agency celebrated via Telegram, messaging the words: "It’s deorbiting and descent to Earth were normal".⁣
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#russia #space #science #technology #Usa #cosmonauts

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## Tags

science, space, russia, technology, cosmonauts, usa

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