ISS Crew Returns After 241 Days, Facing Rehab After 102 Million Miles
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Updated · LADbible · Jul 26
ISS Crew Returns After 241 Days, Facing Rehab After 102 Million Miles
3 articles · Updated · LADbible · Jul 26
Summary
Three ISS crew members — Sergey Kud-Sverchkov, Sergey Mikaev and NASA astronaut Chris Williams — landed by parachute at 5:27 a.m. CDT southeast of Dzhezkazgan after a 241-day mission.
241 days in microgravity can weaken muscles and disrupt balance, leaving returning astronauts needing rehabilitation as their legs bear full body weight again and their brains readapt to gravity.
Soyuz MS-28 undocked at 2:03 a.m. CDT, and the crew finished the mission after 3,856 Earth orbits and more than 102 million miles traveled.
Post-landing checkups were followed by a helicopter transfer to Karaganda; Williams is set to continue to NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston.
NASA said the station's more than 25 years of continuous human presence helps prepare for longer missions beyond low Earth orbit, including Artemis moon flights and eventual Mars travel.