Astronauts set to return after marathon ISS mission
378 views · Published 2 June 2017 · 0:44 · Indexed 25 October 2026
Channel: AFP News Agency · 2017 · Science & Technology
French astronaut Thomas Pesquet and Russian Oleg Novitskiy are due to return to Earth on Friday after a marathon 196-day trip. The 400-kilometre (250-mile) descent is expected to take around three hours and 20 minutes, with touchdown scheduled for 1430 GMT.
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