3 astronauts return to Earth after a mission that lasted more than a year

<p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr">Arabia Weather - American astronaut Frank Rubio and Russian astronauts Sergei Prokopyev and Dmitry Petlin returned to Earth on Wednesday after spending more than a year in space, where Rubio set a record for the longest American space flight, and they landed in Kazakhstan via a Soyuz capsule after their original flight was disrupted. Due to a space accident; Which led to an extension of their stay.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> The Russian space agency Roscosmos confirmed that Prokopyev and Petilin, the Russian astronauts, spent “ <strong>370 days, 21 hours and 22 minutes in space</strong> , in the longest flight within the International Space Agency’s program.”</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> In turn, NASA confirmed the landing of the spacecraft, and said on the “X” platform, “Frank Rubio returned to Earth after <strong>371 days</strong> .”</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><h2 style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Why did the astronauts&#39; journey last more than a year?</h2><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <strong>Answer:</strong> The three astronauts spent <strong>371 days</strong> stuck in space; Their return process was delayed for six months. Due to an accident in their primary Russian spacecraft <strong>, “Soyuz MS-22,”</strong> where a leak occurred in the external circuit of its thermal control system last December 15, and this leak resulted in a decrease in pressure; For this reason, the unmanned Russian spacecraft &quot; <strong>Soyuz MS-23&quot;</strong> was sent to the International Space Station to retrieve the astronauts, and the crew of the Russian spacecraft <strong>&quot;Soyuz MS-23&quot;</strong> re-set a record for the duration of a single space flight, as they spent an exceptional period of time on the station. International Space News is more than a year old, according to Sputnik.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> So far there are no plans for other year-long missions by NASA.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><p lang="en" style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Watch hatches close on the <a href="https://twitter.com/Space_Station?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Space_Station</a> as record-setting astronaut Frank Rubio prepares to return to Earth after spending over a year in space. <a href="https://t.co/wX1mh3TJdQ">https://t.co/wX1mh3TJdQ</a></p> — NASA (@NASA) <a href="https://twitter.com/NASA/status/1706881516146425955?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"... 27, 2023</a> </blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Also know:</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <a href="https://www.arabiaweather.com/ar/content/%D9%87%D9%84-%D8%AA%D9%83%D9%84... a trip to space cost less than the cost of making a movie about it?</a></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <a href="https://www.arabiaweather.com/ar/content/%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%B7%D8%A7%D9%86-... Al Neyadi returns to Earth after the longest space mission in Arab history</a></p><hr /><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Sources:</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <a href="https://asharq.com/science/68193/%D8%B9%D9%88%D8%AF%D8%A9-%D8%B7%D8%A7%D... style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/sep/28/astronauts-and-cosmonaut... style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p>