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The Soyuz MS-17 vehicle with NASA astronaut Kate Rubins and Russian cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Sergey Kud-Sverchkov aboard undocks from the International Space Station (ISS) as the crew begins its journey back to Earth. [COMPLETES VIDI9877HY_EN AND VIDI9877ND_EN] IMAGES
The Soyuz capsule with NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy and Russian cosmonauts Ivan Vagner and Anatoly Ivanishin aboard undocks from the International Space Station as the crew begins its journey back to Earth. IMAGES
Russian Soyuz spacecraft undocks from International Space Station (ISS), before transporting back to Earth NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei and Roscosmos cosmonauts Pyotr Dubrov and Anton Shkaplerov. IMAGES
NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei and Roscosmos cosmonauts Pyotr Dubrov and Anton Shkaplerov hug their International Space Station crewmates before boarding a Russian Soyuz spacecraft to Earth. Cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev closes the hatch of the capsule. NASA, earlier in March, said tensions linked to the war in Ukraine had no impact on ISS operations or the planned return of an American astronaut aboard a Russian capsule later this month. There have been fears that soaring tensions between the United States and Russia over Ukraine could leave the 55-year-old stranded on the outpost. There had been fears that soaring tensions between the United States and Russia over Ukraine could leave the 55-year-old Vande Hei stranded on the outpost. IMAGES
The SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft has undocked from the International Space Station and started its journey to return to Earth with two US astronauts aboard. Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken spent two months aboard the orbiting laboratory after becoming the first US astronauts to reach ISS on an American spacecraft in nearly a decade. IMAGES