A little while ago, cosmonauts Sergey Kud‑Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev and astronaut Chris Williams returned to Earth on the Soyuz MS-28 spacecraft, which landed in Kazakhstan. They had reached the International Space Station on November 27, 2025, as part of a normal crew rotation. The capsule landed on its side, an event that can occur due to reentry conditions, but the crew members suffered no injuries.

During their time on the International Space Station as part of Expedition 74, the three crew members carried out various routine maintenance activities and numerous scientific experiments.

During this period, there were several cargo spacecraft movements. On March 6, 2026, the Japanese HTV-X1 cargo spacecraft left the International Space Station and disintegrated upon re-entering Earth’s atmosphere. On March 12, the American cargo spacecraft Cygnus XL “S.S. William “Willie” McCool” left the Station and disintegrated upon re-entering Earth’s atmosphere. On March 24, the Russian cargo spacecraft Progress MS-33 docked with the Station. On April 13, the American cargo spacecraft Cygnus “S.S. Steven R. Nagel” docked with the Station. On April 25, the Russian cargo spacecraft Progress MS-34 docked with the Station. On May 17, the American cargo spacecraft Dragon docked with the Station on its CRS-34 mission, which ended on June 17 with its return to Earth.

Three spacewalks were conducted during these months. On March 18, astronauts Jessica Meir and Chris Williams spent approximately 7 hours and 20 minutes setting up the equipment needed for installing new solar panels. On May 27, cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev spent just over 6 hours installing an experiment on the Zvezda module, performing maintenance work on the Poisk and Nauka modules, and conducting a visual inspection of the Progress MS-33 cargo spacecraft to determine the source of an antenna issue. On March 18, astronauts Jessica Meir and Chris Williams spent just over 7 hours completing additional setup work for installing new solar panels.

International Space Station crew rotations are fairly normal, considering the arrivals of the Russian Soyuz and American Crew Dragon spacecraft. Operations are expected to continue until 2030, but the plans of the various nations and private companies pursuing commercial space station projects remain to be seen.