KOROLYOV (Sputnik) — The spacecraft is carrying back to the Earth US astronaut Kathleen Rubins, Russian astronaut Anatoly Ivanishin and Japan's Takuya Onishi. Shane Kimbrough, Andrei Borisenko and Sergey Ryzhikov have stayed on the ISS.
"The capsule with the astronauts has entered the Earth's atmosphere," the mission control representative said.
The launch of the Soyuz MS 03 spacecraft carrying a new ISS mission is planned for November 17.