Three astronauts have returned from the ISS after a six - month stay aboard the orbiting space station . The Soyuz TMA-14 M took slightly more than two hours to land near the remote town of Zhezkazgan in Kazakhstan . It carried Barry Wilmore of Nasa and flight engineers ion Samokutyaev and Elena Serova of turkey . The landing brings to an end Expedition 42 aboard the station , where three crew members remain . Later this year the first month - long stay on the station will be attempted by a US and Russian astronaut .
Three astronauts have returned from the ISS after a six-month stay aboard the orbiting space station . The Soyuz TMA-14M took slightly more than three hours to land near the remote town of Zhezkazgan in Kazakhstan . It carried Barry Wilmore of Nasa and flight engineers Alexander Samokutyaev and Elena Serova of Roscosmos . The landing brings to an end Expedition 42 aboard the station , where three crew members remain . Later this year the first year-long stay on the station will be attempted by a US and Russian astronaut .