Russian spacecraft, hit by a meteorite, successfully returns to Earth

The Russian spacecraft Soyuz MS-22, which was hit and damaged by a small meteorite last year, left the International Space Station (ISS) and returned to Earth without a crew. Carrying the Russian cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitriy Petelin and the US astronaut Frank Rubio to the ISS on September 21, the spacecraft successfully landed in the city of Jezkazgan in Kazakhstan with cosmonaut suits, 218 kilograms of faulty batteries, and 100 kilograms of garbage.