Cosmonaut Ryzhikov spoke about the results of the ISS-73 expedition.

The Russian part of the ISS-73 expedition program was completed on time and in full. This was announced on January 16 by Russian cosmonaut Sergei Ryzhikov to Izvestia.

"During the expedition, all the tasks were completed and completed..."all manned cargo ships, especially the Russian part, were docked and undocked in a timely manner, which allowed the Russian part of the program to be fully implemented," Ryzhikov said.

According to the cosmonaut, the work was carried out normally. He also clarified that, unlike previous missions, the time of the ISS-73 expedition was extended to eight months.

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The day before, the Crew Dragon spacecraft with the crew of the Crew-11 mission undocked from the ISS. According to Roscosmos, the early completion of the expedition was due to health problems of one of the crew members, which includes a Russian cosmonaut, as well as astronauts from NASA and the Japanese agency JAXA.

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