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 holds a traditional Russian matryoshka doll gifted to him outside the Soyuz MS-28 spacecraft after he landed with Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov, and Sergei Mikaev in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Sunday, July 26, 2026. 

NASA astronaut Chris Williams is seen outside the Soyuz MS-28 spacecraft after he landed.

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

NASA astronaut Chris Williams, left, is looked after by NASA Flight Surgeon James Pavela, outside the Soyuz MS-28 spacecraft after he landed. 

NASA astronaut Chris Williams is carried to a medical tent shortly after he landed.

Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergei Mikaev of Russia is carried to a medical tent shortly after he landed.

NASA astronaut Chris Williams is carried to a medical tent shortly after he landed.

Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergei Mikaev of Russia  is carried to a medical tent shortly after he landed.

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 flew the crew by helicopter to Karaganda, Kazakhstan. Williams then boarded 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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