Russian Soyuz MS-23 capsule lands in Kazakhstan video

Two Russian cosmonauts and a NASA astronaut returned to Earth after a 371-day stay in space — the third longest mission in human spaceflight history.
Russia’s Sergey Prokopyev, Dmitry Petelin and NASA’s Frank Rubio landed in Kazakhstan on September 27, 2023.
Their mission was extended by six months after the spacecraft they launched with, Soyuz MS-22, had a coolant leak resulting from a likely micrometeoroid impact.
Rubio broke the previous duration record for a NASA astronaut set by Mark Vande Hei by 16 days and is the first American to spend more than a year in orbit for a single mission. Prokopyev, Petelin and Rubio now also hold the record for the longest serving crew aboard the ISS.

Only two other people have had longer spaceflights — both aboard the Mir space station: Sergei Avdeyev for 379.6 days in 1998/1999 and Valeri Polyakov for 437.7 days in 1994/1995.
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