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As it happened: Astronauts stuck in space for a year complete return to Earth

Nasa astronaut Frank Rubio and Russian cosmonauts Dmitry Petelin and Sergey Prokopyev were aboard ISS for 371 days

In this photo taken from video released by Roscosmos space corporation, NASA astronaut Frank Rubio sits in chairs shortly after the landing of the Russian Soyuz MS-23 space capsule about 150 km (90 miles) south-east of the Kazakh town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, Wednesday, Sept.  27, 2023.  The Soyuz capsule carrying NASA astronaut Frank Rubio, Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev, and Dmitri Petelin, touched down on Wednesday on the steppes of Kazakhstan.  (Roscosmos space corporation via AP)

As it happened: Astronauts stuck in space for a year complete return to Earth

Nasa astronaut Frank Rubio and Russian cosmonauts Dmitry Petelin and Sergey Prokopyev were aboard ISS for 371 days

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  • Astronauts boarded Russian Soyuz capsule at 8.40am
  • Soyuz separates from International Space Station at 11.54am
  • Capsule touches down in Kazakhstan at 3.17pm
Updated: September 27, 2023, 12:44 PM