After 115 days in Space, Russian and US together with Japanese astronauts has landed earth successfully in Kazakhstan

American, Japanese and Russian Astronauts

before the trip to space

A crew comprises of America, Japan and Russia have landed from the space early this morning, touching the ground in a desert town of Zhezkazgan in Kazakhstan.

 

Russian Anatoly Ivanishin, Japanese Takuya Onishi and American molecular biologist Kate Rubins, who was the first person to sequence DNA in space, landed in a Soyuz capsule in Kazakhstan early this morning.

Landing near the desert town of Zhezkazgan, Mr Ivanishin said: "Everybody is feeling wonderful."

Conditions for the landing were good, with fair, clear weather.

Ms Kate Rubin

Mr Takuya Onishi

The Russian handed over control of the $10 billion (£82 billion) research lab orbiting the earth to American Shane Kimbrough, who arrived on October 21.

Mr Ivashin

Mr Kimbrough, along with Russian cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Andrey Borisenko, will be on their own until next month, when another three crew members are due to reach the station.

The research project aboard the ISS is unprecedented and opens the door for swathes of technological advances.

In August, Ms Rubins successfully sequenced samples of mouse, virus and bacteria DNA in space while Earth-based researchers simultaneously sequenced identical samples.

This project means it may soon be possible to identify dangerous microbes and even diagnose illnesses in space.

The show of US and Russian cooperation comes amid fraught tensions between the nations on Earth.

Jets from Vladimir Putin’s military and the US air force nearly clashed over Syria putting the world on the brink of war.

And it was revealed last night Lithuania, a Nato member is distributing manuals to its citizens explaining how to survive in the event of a Russian invasion.