Life, but not as they knew it: ISS crew return to Earth transformed by Covid-19
by Shaun Walker from Science | The Guardian on (#5299C)
American and Russian crew touch down in Kazakhstan after months on International Space Station
The three-person crew of the International Space Station returned to Earth on Friday morning, arriving back to a world that has been radically transformed by coronavirus in the time they were away.
Space travel is often a journey into the unknown, but for Americans Jessica Meir and Andrew Morgan, and Russian Oleg Skripochka, their return to Earth may bring more surprises than the time they spent in orbit. The trio's landing capsule touched down on the Kazakh steppe in the early hours of the morning.
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