NASA's Jonny Kim, Roscosmos cosmonauts return after 8-month ISS mission

• NASA astronaut Jonny Kim and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritsky returned to Earth.
• They concluded an eight-month (245-day) science mission aboard the International Space Station.
• The crew landed safely in Kazakhstan on Tuesday (local time) aboard the Soyuz MS-27 spacecraft.
• Jonny Kim conducted investigations on bioprinted tissues, remote robot command, and in-space manufacturing of DNA-mimicking nanomaterials.

Why It Matters: ISS mission advances science for Earth and future space exploration.