The Soyuz MS-20 spacecraft has successfully undocked from the Russian segment of the ISS and landed at the design point on the territory of Kazakhstan. A "tourist" crew consisting of Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin returned to Earth, as well as two Japanese Yusaku Maezawa and Yozo Hirano. By the time of their return, the tourists had been in space for about 12 days, and the Russian cosmonaut for more than 346 days.
All operations on descent from orbit and landing took place as usual. Soyuz MS-20 separated from the Russian segment of the station at 02:50 Moscow time. Its propulsion system in the normal mode was engaged in deceleration at 05:18, after which the de-orbit began. Then the Soyuz MS split into three compartments, and the crew of three in the descent vehicle experienced standard overloads of about 4g.
The landing took place at 6:13 Moscow time. The device was found by helicopters, and evacuation vehicles moved to the landing site. About 200 rescue specialists, 12 Mi-8 helicopters, two An-12 and one An-26 aircraft, as well as more than 20 units of ground vehicles, including six modernized search and recovery vehicles FEM-1 and FEM-2 "Blue Bird". At the time of the landing of the device in the steppe of Kazakhstan, it was cloudy and up to minus 5 degrees.
Currently, the flight participants are undergoing medical rehabilitation - a set of therapeutic measures aimed at restoring the body after being in space. On the evening of December 20, Misurkin, Maezawa and Hirano will arrive at Star City for a program of post-flight scientific experiments and rehabilitation. It will last from 14 to 21 days.
On December 21, Misurkin will continue his participation in the LAZMA medical experiment, which began at the Yu.A. Gagarin before the flight. It is also planned to conduct the "Constellation - LM" experiment, the main purpose of which is to study the human capabilities during flights into deep space and work on the surfaces of the Moon and Mars.
On December 8, Soyuz-2.1a with the Soyuz MS-20 spacecraft took off from site No. 31 (Vostok) of the Baikonur cosmodrome. During the 11-day stay of the crew onboard the ISS, 9 experiments were carried out under the Russian scientific program. In the direction of "Space biology and physiology", three experiments were carried out: Biofilm, Microvir and Reflex, four - in the framework of the direction "Development of promising space technologies": Vizier, Scenario, Hurricane and Econ-M, as well as in one of the directions "Exploration of the Earth from space "and" Physics of cosmic rays ": Terminator and the UV atmosphere.
Space tourists also took part in the LAZMA medical experiment aimed at studying blood microcirculation under microgravity conditions.
After the departure of the tourist crew aboard the International Space Station, the crew of the 66th long-term expedition continued to work. It includes cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov, Peter Dubrov, as well as NASA astronauts Mark Vande Hai, Thomas Marshburn, Raja Chari, Keila Barron and ESA astronaut Mathias Maurer.
Earlier, the Japanese billionaire businessman Maezawa talked about how he was being prepared for the upcoming mission.
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