NASA Astronaut Cardman: Goodbye to 'Space Brothers' | International Space Station

NASA Astronaut Cardman: Goodbye to 'Space Brothers' | International Space Station

Expedition 73 flight engineer and NASA astronaut Jonny Kim

Expedition 73 flight engineer and Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexey Zubritskiy (Russia)

Expedition 73 flight engineer, station commander, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Ryzhikov (Russia)

Expedition 73 flight engineer and NASA astronaut Zena Cardman: "My space brothers fly home to Earth today in a shooting star, population three. Godspeed, Soyuz MS-27. Jonny, Alexey, and Sergei—I am beyond grateful to have shared this expedition with you."

NASA astronaut Jonny Kim and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritsky of Russia are poised to complete a 245-day space research mission when they undock at 8:41 p.m. EDT on Monday, Dec. 8, 2025, from the Prichal module inside the Soyuz MS-27 crew spacecraft. The trio will parachute back to Earth inside the Soyuz descent module for a landing in Kazakhstan at 12:04 a.m. on Tuesday, less than three-and-a-half hours later. 

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Expedition 73 Crew

Station Commander: Sergey Ryzhikov (Roscosmos)

JAXA Flight Engineer (Japan): Kimiya Yui

Roscosmos (Russia) Flight Engineers: Alexey Zubritskiy, Oleg Platonov, Sergey-Kud Sverchkov, Sergei Mikaev

NASA Flight Engineers: Jonny Kim, Zena Cardman, Mike Fincke, Chris Williams

An international partnership of space agencies provides and operates the elements of the International Space Station (ISS). The principals are the space agencies of the United States, Russia, Europe, Japan, and Canada.

Image Credit: NASA's Johnson Space Center/Z. Cardman

Release Date: Dec. 8, 2025

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