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Gallery: UAE astronaut Hazzaa Ali Al Mansoori returns to Earth after successful space expedition

Hazzaa Ali Almansoori of the United Arab Emirates returns to Earth after he and Expedition 60 crewmembers Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos and Nick Hague of NASA landed in their Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Thursday, Oct. 3, 2019.

The Soyuz MS12 spacecraft is seen as it lands in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan Kazakhstan with Expedition 60 crew members Nick Hague of NASA and Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos along with visiting astronaut Hazzaa Ali Almansoori of the United Arab Emirates Thursday Oct 3 2019 Hague and Ovchinin are returning after 203 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 59 and 60 crews onboard the International Space Station Almansoori logged 8 days in space during his first flight as an astronaut Photo Credit NASABill Ingalls

The Soyuz MS12 spacecraft is seen as it lands in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan Kazakhstan with Expedition 60 crew members Nick Hague of NASA and Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos along with visiting astronaut Hazzaa Ali Almansoori of the United Arab Emirates Thursday Oct 3 2019 Hague and Ovchinin are returning after 203 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 59 and 60 crews onboard the International Space Station Almansoori logged 8 days in space during his first flight as an astronaut Photo Credit NASABill Ingalls

Russian Search and Rescue teams arrive at the Soyuz MS12 spacecraft shortly after it landed with Expedition 60 crew members Nick Hague of NASA and Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos along with visiting astronaut Hazzaa Ali Almansoori of the United Arab Emirates Thursday Oct 3 2019 Hague and Ovchinin are returning after 203 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 59 and 60 crews onboard the International Space Station Almansoori logged 8 days in space during his first flight as an astronaut Photo Credit NASABill Ingalls

The Soyuz MS12 spacecraft is seen as it lands in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan Kazakhstan with Expedition 60 crew members Nick Hague of NASA and Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos along with visiting astronaut Hazzaa Ali Almansoori of the United Arab Emirates Thursday Oct 3 2019 Hague and Ovchinin are returning after 203 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 59 and 60 crews onboard the International Space Station Almansoori logged 8 days in space during his first flight as an astronaut Photo Credit NASABill Ingalls

Visiting astronaut Hazzaa Ali Almansoori of the United Arab Emirates is helped out of the Soyuz MS12 spacecraft just minutes after he and Expedition 60 crewmembers Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos and Nick Hague of NASA landed in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan Kazakhstan on Thursday Oct 3 2019 Hague and Ovchinin are returning after 203 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 59 and 60 crews onboard the International Space Station Almansoori logged 8 days in space during his first flight as an astronaut Photo Credit NASABill Ingalls

Visiting astronaut Hazzaa Ali Almansoori of the United Arab Emirates left Expedition 60 crewmembers Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos center and Nick Hague of NASA sit in chairs outside the Soyuz MS12 spacecraft after they landed in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan Kazakhstan on Thursday Oct 3 2019 Hague and Ovchinin are returning after 203 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 59 and 60 crews onboard the International Space Station Almansoori logged 8 days in space during his first flight as an astronaut Photo Credit NASABill Ingalls

Visiting astronaut Hazzaa Ali Almansoori of the United Arab Emiratesis carried to a medical tent shortly after he and Expedition 60 crewmembers Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos and Nick Hague of NASA landed in their Soyuz MS12 spacecraft near the town of Zhezkazgan Kazakhstan on Thursday Oct 3 2019 Hague and Ovchinin are returning after 203 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 59 and 60 crews onboard the International Space Station Almansoori logged 8 days in space during his first flight as an astronaut Photo Credit NASABill Ingalls

Visiting astronaut Hazzaa Ali Almansoori of the United Arab Emirates is seen outside the Soyuz MS12 spacecraft after he landed with Expedition 60 crewmembers Nick Hague of NASA and Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan Kazakhstan on Thursday Oct 3 2019 Hague and Ovchinin are returning after 203 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 59 and 60 crews onboard the International Space Station Almansoori logged 8 days in space during his first flight as an astronaut Photo Credit NASABill Ingalls

Hague and Ovchinin are returning after 203 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 59 and 60 crews onboard the International Space Station. Almansoori logged 8 days in space during his first flight as an astronaut. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

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