June 3, 2018

On June 3, 2018, the members of the crew of the “Soyuz MS-07” spacecraft and the expeditions ISS-54/55 returned safely to Earth.

The descent vehicle with the Roscosmos cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov, NASA astronaut Scott Tingle and JAXA astronaut Norishige Kanai landed in the Kazakhstan at 15:39:42 Moscow time.

All operations for descent from orbit and landing have been completed on a regular basis.

The health conditions of the crew members, returning to Earth, is good.

The duration of the space flight of the crew of the ISS-54/55 expedition was 168 days.

During the stay at the International Space Station, the crew carried out a program of scientific and applied research and experiments on the long-term expedition program of ISS-54 and ISS-55, supported the ISS’s work capacity and carried out its equipping with equipment, delivered by cargo ships.

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