--- description: Three crew members from the International Space Station landed safely back to earth Sunday in Kazakhstan after spending 165 days in orbit. title: Watch the ISS Crew Return to Earth image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt682b514f8a131878/698767e25f570f12b3b13780/kazakhstan-space-soyu_wong.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Science](/section/science/) ## Science Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [space travel](/tag/space-travel/) ## space travel Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch the ISS Crew Land Safely Back on Earth by [Helen Regan](/author/helen-regan/) ## Helen Regan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 10, 2014 8:44 AM CUT  International Space Station (ISS) crew member Maxim Surayev of Russia speaks early Nov. 10, 2014 after landing by the Soyuz capsule with a parachute in a remote area near the town of Arkalyk in northern Kazakhstan. International Space Station (ISS) crew member Maxim Surayev of Russia speaks early Nov. 10, 2014 after landing by the Soyuz capsule with a parachute in a remote area near the town of Arkalyk in northern Kazakhstan.Shamil Zhumatov—AP by [Helen Regan](/author/helen-regan/) ## Helen Regan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 10, 2014 8:44 AM CUT Three crew members from the International Space Station (ISS) [landed](http://www.nasa.gov/press/2014/november/space-station-crew-returns-to-earth-lands-safely-in-kazakhstan/#.VGBbkUh1Nak "undefined") safely back on earth in Kazakhstan on Sunday after spending 165 days in orbit. The trio were part of Expedition 41 and were conducting hundreds of scientific experiments and other research focusing on how humans can stay healthy while spending long durations in space. Commander of the station, Russian cosmonaut Maxim Suraev, and flight engineers Alexander Gerst, from the European Space Agency, and Reid Wiseman, an astronaut from NASA, completed a remarkable 82 hours of research in a single week in July. During their time on board the ISS they traveled more then 70 million miles. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3575493/watch-iss-crew-land-earth-nasa/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3575493/watch-iss-crew-land-earth-nasa/"},"headline":"Watch the ISS Crew Land Safely Back on Earth","datePublished":"2014-11-10T08:44:02.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T11:19:46.646Z","description":"Footage from NASA shows Maxim Suraev, Alexander Gerst, and Reid Wiseman touch safely back down to earth in the Soyuz-13M capsule at 10:58 p.m. EST","url":"https://time.com/3575493/watch-iss-crew-land-earth-nasa/","keywords":["space travel","NASA","Research","international space station"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt682b514f8a131878/698767e25f570f12b3b13780/kazakhstan-space-soyu_wong.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Helen Regan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/helen-regan/"}],"articleSection":"Science","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt682b514f8a131878/698767e25f570f12b3b13780/kazakhstan-space-soyu_wong.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Maxim Surayev","caption":"Maxim Surayev","creditText":"Shamil Zhumatov—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/science/","name":"Science"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/space-travel/","name":"space travel"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3575493/watch-iss-crew-land-earth-nasa/","name":"Watch the ISS Crew Land Safely Back on Earth"}}]}] ```