{"id":19187,"date":"2016-10-29T22:10:55","date_gmt":"2016-10-29T14:10:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/space-station-trio-gets-warm-reception-after-chilly-touchdown-in-kazakhstan\/"},"modified":"2016-10-29T22:10:55","modified_gmt":"2016-10-29T14:10:55","slug":"space-station-trio-gets-warm-reception-after-chilly-touchdown-in-kazakhstan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/space-station-trio-gets-warm-reception-after-chilly-touchdown-in-kazakhstan\/","title":{"rendered":"Space station trio gets warm reception after chilly touchdown in Kazakhstan"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_285702\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-285702\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full-width wp-image-285702\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/161029-rubins-630x390.jpg\" alt=\"Kate Rubins\" width=\"630\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/161029-rubins-630x390.jpg 630w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/161029-rubins-768x475.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/161029-rubins-1240x767.jpg 1240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\"><figcaption data-nosnippet=\"\" id=\"caption-attachment-285702\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">NASA astronaut Kate Rubins is all smiles as she is carried from the Soyuz landing site to a medical tent shortly after touchdown. The Soyuz sits in the background of the picture. (Credit: Bill Ingalls \/ NASA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Just a week after a fresh trio of spacefliers&nbsp;moved into the International Space Station, three other crew members returned&nbsp;to Earth tonight, closing out a 115-day stay in orbit.<\/p>\n<p>NASA biologist-astronaut Kate Rubins, Russia\u2019s Anatoly Ivanishin and Japan\u2019s Takuya Onishi touched down safely in their Russian Soyuz capsule at 8:58 p.m. PT today (9:58 a.m. local time Saturday) in the steppes of Kazakhstan.<\/p>\n<p>A Russian-led recovery team hustled the crew out of the Soyuz amid near-freezing temperatures. All were reported in good health.<\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" class=\"\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden; width: 0px; height: 0px; display: block; flex-grow: 1;\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?creatorScreenName=b0yle&amp;dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=792583353799061504&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.geekwire.com%2F2016%2Fsoyuz-space-station-trio-earth%2F&amp;sessionId=01d6b6bebeae26e7543396672e8e1f6504ae118c&amp;siteScreenName=geekwire&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=6a3ad42b224df%3A1778106238597&amp;width=550px\" data-tweet-id=\"792583353799061504\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" data-twitter-extracted-i1782803932042523787=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">All three Expedition 49 crew members exit Soyuz spacecraft. https:\/\/t.co\/C7LVQGQ6Xn pic.twitter.com\/40QqxpBIcj<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 International Space Station (@Space_Station) October 30, 2016<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>During her first trip to space, Rubins made history as the first scientist to sequence DNA in orbit. The practice run blazed a trail for future experiments aimed at tracing the genetic effects of long-term spaceflight.<\/p>\n<p>Rubins also participated in two spacewalks to upgrade the station\u2019s hardware.<\/p>\n<p>The three crew members who went into orbit last week \u2013 NASA\u2019s Shane Kimbrough and Russia\u2019s Sergey Ryzhikov and Andrey Borisenko&nbsp;\u2013 now have the station to themselves. But that\u2019ll change less than three weeks from now.<\/p>\n<p>NASA\u2019s Peggy Whitson, France\u2019s Thomas Pesquet and Russia\u2019s Oleg Novitskiy are due to lift off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan aboard yet another Soyuz spaceship on Nov. 17.<\/p>\n<p>By that time, Chinese astronauts&nbsp;<span id=\"content\" class=\"hei14 pcCon\">Jing Haipeng and <\/span><span id=\"content\" class=\"hei14 pcCon\">Chen Dong are expected to wrap up their 30-day mission aboard China\u2019s Tiangong 2 space lab and return to Earth in their Shenzhou 11 spacecraft.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_285699\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-285699\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full-width wp-image-285699\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/161029-soyuz-630x521.jpg\" alt=\"Soyuz descent\" width=\"630\" height=\"521\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/161029-soyuz-630x521.jpg 630w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/161029-soyuz-768x635.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/161029-soyuz-1240x1025.jpg 1240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\"><figcaption data-nosnippet=\"\" id=\"caption-attachment-285699\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Russian Soyuz spacecraft floats toward its touchdown on the end of a parachute. (Credit: Bill Ingalls \/ NASA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_285706\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-285706\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full-width wp-image-285706\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/161029-soyuz2-630x820.jpg\" alt=\"Soyuz touchdown\" width=\"630\" height=\"820\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/161029-soyuz2-630x820.jpg 630w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/161029-soyuz2-768x999.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/161029-soyuz2-953x1240.jpg 953w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/161029-soyuz2.jpg 1105w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\"><figcaption data-nosnippet=\"\" id=\"caption-attachment-285706\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Soyuz craft fires retro rockets&nbsp;to help cushion the landing. 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