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Soyuz MS-27 spacecraft safely returns Russian cosmonauts and NASA astronaut to Earth

Soyuz MS-27 spacecraft nearing the International Space Station.

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MOSCOW — A Soyuz MS-27 spacecraft carrying Russian cosmonauts Sergei Ryzhikov and Alexei Zubritsky and NASA astronaut Jonathan Kim safely returned to Earth on Tuesday, Russia’s Roscosmos space agency said.

The spacecraft landed at 08:04 Moscow time (05:04 GMT) near the Kazakh city of Zhezkazgan, completing a joint space mission, the agency added. Roscosmos described the landing as routine and successful, bringing the international crew home after their time aboard orbiting modules.