A joint U.S.-Russian space crew successfully returned to Earth on Sunday, landing in the steppes of Kazakhstan after completing an eight-month mission aboard the International Space Station (ISS).

NASA astronaut Chris Williams, alongside Russian cosmonauts Sergei Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev, touched down in their Soyuz MS-28 spacecraft. The capsule made a smooth parachute-assisted landing in a designated area southeast of the city of Dzhezkazgan.

This mission marked the first spaceflight for Williams and Mikaev. For Kud-Sverchkov, it was his second journey to the orbiting outpost. The crew spent 241 days aboard the ISS.

NASA astronaut Chris Williams and Russian crewmates Sergei Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev touched down in their Soyuz MS-28 that landed smoothly by parachute in a designated area southeast of Dzhezkazgan.