Rare Photos: Soyuz MS-24 Crew Returns to Earth From International Space Station

The crew included the first participant of the space flight from Belarus, Marina Vasilevskaya, as well as Russian cosmonaut Oleg Novitsky and US astronaut Loral O'Hara.

Novitsky and Vasilevskaya were delivered to the ISS by the Russian Soyuz MS-25 spacecraft on March 25, 2024. O'Hara arrived at the ISS on September 15, 2023, along with Russians Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub on the Soyuz MS-24.

The crew of the 71st long-duration expedition remains on the station: Russians Oleg Kononenko, Nikolai Chub and Alexander Grebenkin, along with US astronauts Tracy Dyson and Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt and Jeanette Epps.

Take a look at the Soyuz MS-24 crew's return to Earth in Sputnik's gallery:

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Landing of the Soyuz MS-24 manned spacecraft.

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The descent vehicle of the Soyuz MS-24 spacecraft with the participants of the 21st Expedition to the ISS.

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Special services help the cosmonauts to leave the descent vehicle of the Soyuz MS-24 spacecraft.

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Marina Vasilevskaya, a member of the 21st Expedition to the ISS from Belarus, in the descent vehicle of the Soyuz MS-24.

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Yury Borisov, Director General of the Federal Space Agency Roscosmos, presents Marina Vasilevskaya with a traditional Russian matryoshka doll with Marina's face painted on it.

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Yury Borisov near the descent vehicle of the manned spacecraft Soyuz MS-24 with the participants of the expedition.

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Russian cosmonaut Oleg Novitsky at the descent vehicle of the Soyuz MS-24 spacecraft.

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The landing of the Soyuz MS-24 SSC is shown on the screen of the Korolev mission control center in the Moscow region. Cosmonaut Oleg Novitsky is on the screen.

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A inscription on the descent vehicle of the Soyuz MS-24, reading: "Thanks for the work!"

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