Expedition 74 Russian Soyuz MS-28 Crew Spacecraft Landing in Kazakhstan

Expedition 74 Russian Soyuz MS-28 Crew Spacecraft Landing in Kazakhstan

NASA astronaut Chris Williams is seen outside the Russian Soyuz MS-28 spacecraft after he landed with Expedition 74 Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov, and Sergei Mikaev of Russia in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Sunday, July 26, 2026.

Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Kud-Sverchkov of Russia is seen outside the Russian Soyuz MS-28 spacecraft. 

Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergei Mikaev of Russia is seen outside the Russian Soyuz MS-28 spacecraft.

NASA astronaut Chris Williams, left, Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Kud-Sverchkov (Russia), center, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergei Mikaev (Russia) are seen inside the Russian Soyuz MS-28 spacecraft after they landed.

NASA astronaut Chris Williams, left, Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Kud-Sverchkov (Russia), center, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergei Mikaev (Russia) are seen inside the Russian Soyuz MS-28 spacecraft after they landed.

Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Kud-Sverchkov of Russia is helped out of the Russian Soyuz MS-28 spacecraft

NASA astronaut Chris Williams is helped out of the Russian Soyuz MS-28 spacecraft

Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergei Mikaev of Russia is helped out of the Russian Soyuz MS-28 spacecraft.

The Russian Soyuz MS‑28 spacecraft touched down at 5:27a.m. CDT (3:27 p.m. local time), July 26, 2026, completing a parachute‑assisted landing on the Kazakh steppe southeast of Dzhezkazgan.

NASA astronaut Chris Williams and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud‑Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev of Russia wrapped up a 241‑day mission as members of Expeditions 73 and 74 aboard the International Space Station, orbiting Earth 3,856 times and traveling more than 102 million miles. Soyuz MS‑28 launched and docked with the International Space Station on Nov. 27, 2025. This flight marked the first mission for Williams and Mikaev and the second for Kud‑Sverchkov.

After routine post‑landing medical checks, recovery teams will fly the crew by helicopter to Karaganda, Kazakhstan. Williams then will board a NASA aircraft bound for the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston.

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Expedition 75 Crew
Station Commander: Jessica Meir
Roscosmos (Russia) Flight Engineers: Andrey Fedyaev, Anna Kikina, Pyotr Dubrov

European Space Agency Flight Engineer: Sophie Adenot

NASA Flight Engineers: Jack Hathaway, Anil Menon

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/Bill Ingalls
Date: July 26, 2026

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