Those still reeling from their weekend trip to see Gravity will be glad to know that one group of real-life astronauts have safely landed following their 166 day stay on the International Space Station. Fyodor Yurchikhin, Luca Parmitano and Karen Nyberg - i.e. ISS Expedition 37 - touched down in Kazakhstan at around 3 AM Irish time. They returned the torch for the upcoming Winter Olympics in Russia, which had been brought to ISS as part of its pre-games relay.
Nyberg and Parmitano had been prolific social network users during their extended time on board ISS. Parmitano, for example, made headlines last week when he tweeted an epic photo of Ireland.
Nyberg, meanwhile, saved some of her best photos for last. Her final ISS photographic efforts included a stunning sunrise and a sobering image of the devastating Typhoon Haiyan that swept through the Philippines. You can see them and more below:
We often see the sun casting red/orange on clouds at sunset. Finally captured it. November 6. pic.twitter.com/g986QoKBiE
— Karen L. Nyberg (@AstroKarenN) November 6, 2013
Typhoon Haiyan. November 9. pic.twitter.com/3Km8rLiC05
— Karen L. Nyberg (@AstroKarenN) November 9, 2013
One more sunrise. November 9. pic.twitter.com/3elPcQLd2N
— Karen L. Nyberg (@AstroKarenN) November 9, 2013
Going home! pic.twitter.com/jEuhO1F1EA
— Karen L. Nyberg (@AstroKarenN) November 10, 2013
You can see the Expedition 37 crew members, who will spend the upcoming weeks recovering from their time in microgravity, being guided out of their Soyuz landing craft in the video below:
Main image: NASA TV
