A traditional celebration was held in Star City in honor of the return to Earth of the crew of the Soyuz TMA-16M spacecraft.
After the solemn meeting, Gennady Padalka, Andreas Mogensen and Aydin Aimbetov told at a press conference about their work on the ISS.
Gennady Padalka returned to Earth as the world record holder for total stay in orbit: 878 days or two and a half years of life.
During rehabilitation, the cosmonaut himself became the object of experiments, doctors studied the state of his body after a long stay in weightlessness.
The results of the research will become the basis for preparing astronauts for long-distance expeditions.
Personnel:
Padalka G.I. - pilot-cosmonaut, Hero of the Russian Federation. Mogensen A.E. is an astronaut of the European Space Agency (ESA), the first astronaut of Denmark. Aimbetov A.A. - test pilot, test cosmonaut, People's Hero of Kazakhstan. Kornienko M.B. - pilot-cosmonaut, Hero of the Russian Federation.
Calendar: 10.10.2015