Watch: Nasa astronaut and cosmonauts begin voyage back to Earth

Nasa’s Jonny Kim, accompanied by Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritsky, are on their way back to Earth from the International Space Station (ISS). They are due to touchdown near the city of Dzhezkazgan in Kazakhstan.

The crew completed a 245-day mission aboard the ISS, orbiting Earth 3,920 times and travelling nearly 104 million miles, according to Nasa. This mission marks the first spaceflight for Kim and Zubritsky, while Ryzhikov concludes his third journey to space.