Luca Parmitano handed over control of the International Space Station station on 5 February 2020 to Oleg Skripochka.
Parmitano and his crew NASA astronaut Christina Koch and Alexander Skvortsov of Roscosmos packed up and cleaned their crew quarters ahead of their return to Earth early on 6 February 2020.
The trio undocked and parachuted into Kazakhstan.
This caps a 328-day-long mission for Koch that began on 14. March 2019.
Koch is now in second place for the single longest spaceflight by a U.S. astronaut surpassed only by former astronaut Scott Kelly with 340 days during his final station mission.
Continuing their stay in space is Commander Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos and NASA Flight Engineers Jessica Meir and Andrew Morgan.
They will end their stay aboard the orbiting lab and return to Earth in April 2020.
More No Comment
Swimsuit-clad Poles fundraise with chilly swim and beach piano tunes
Protesters in Buenos Aires decry COVID vaccine scandal
Hundreds take to streets in Venezuela over murders of three women
Ultra-Orthodox Jews throw stones at police in Jerusalem
Hundreds of Danes protest against COVID restrictions in Copenhagen
Millions take sacred dip during India's Magh Mela bathing festival
Wax stars join diners at NYC restaurant for COVID-safe experience
COVID: Nice beaches deserted during city's first weekend lockdown
Russians mark sixth anniversary of opposition figure Nemtsov's killing
Israelis celebrate Purim with parade amid tighter COVID restrictions
Cellist Camille Thomas fills empty Louvre with classical music
Rollerblading police unit established in Pakistani port of Karachi
Musicians play as Myanmar coup protests continue
Wild Aussie sheep loses 35 kilos at the baaa-bers
Ecuador prison riots: Number of inmates dead in rises to 79