The Soviets’ first manned docking attempt failed, but the second, Soyuz 4 and 5, in January 1969, succeeded. Dockings with the Salyut space station followed, as did U.S. dockings with Skylab.

HOUSTON—Russia's Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft with NASA astronaut Don Pettit and cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner departed the International Space Station (ISS) for a parachute-assisted landing ...

The crew of the Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft safely returned to Earth from the International Space Station (ISS) Sunday ...

Roscosmos cosmonauts Aleksey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner and NASA astronaut Donald Pettit returned to Earth, TASS reports from the Mission Control ...

A new commander has taken charge aboard the ISS as three crew members prepare for their return to Earth—just in time for one ...

The Soyuz MS-26 crew successfully landed back on Earth early Sunday after their mission aboard the International Space ...

NASA's crew exchange activities were followed by the April 8 launch and docking of the Soyuz MS-27 with cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritsky and NASA astronaut Jonny Kim for an ...

Don Pettit, NASA's oldest astronaut, is set to return from space on April 19, his 70th birthday. Mr Pettit, currently aboard ...

This return marks the end of the 73rd long-duration expedition, which began when Soyuz MS-26 departed from the International Space Station (ISS). Since arriving at the ISS in September 2024, the crew ...

NASA astronaut Donald Pettit being carried to a medical tent shortly after landing in a Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft with Russian astronauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner near Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan ...