Three astronauts conclude 141 days aboard the International Space Station

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In short: Witness the return of the Expedition 45 crew as they depart the International Space Station to begin their journey back to Earth.

The video captures the departure of the Soyuz spacecraft on December 11. The returning crew includes Oleg Kononenko of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), alongside NASA Flight Engineer Kjell Lindgren and JAXA Flight Engineer Kimiya Yui. After 141 days in orbit, the crew was scheduled to land in Kazakhstan.

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