The oldest US spacecraft service returns to Earth on 70th birthday

The oldest astronaut in America, Dan Bette, returned to Earth on his seventieth birthday.

Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft carrying Betit and his colleagues at the Russian crew Alexei Ovchaneen and Ivan Wagner scored with the help of umbrellas in the steel of Kazakhstan at 06:20 local time (01:20 GMT) on Sunday.

NASA said they spent 220 days on the International Space Station (ISS), which revolves around Earth 3520 times.

For Pettit – who now spent a total of 590 days in space – its fourth mission was.

However, he is not the oldest person flying in orbit – this record belongs to John Glen, who flew in 77 years on the NASA mission in 1998. He died in 2016.

Betit and Russian astronauts will now spend some time to re -modify gravity.

After that, Betit – born in Oregon on April 20, 1955 – will be transferred to Houston in Texas, while Ovchinin and Vagner will go to the main space training base in Russia in Zvyozdniy Gorodok (Star City) near Moscow.

Before their departure from ISS, the crew handed over the space ship to Japanese astronaut Takoya Ounishi.