The scene as astronaut Christina Koch returns to Earth after historic tour aboard the International Space Station
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Feb. 6, 2020 Koch reacts shortly after landing. (Sergei Ilnitsky/Pool/Reuters)
Feb. 6, 2020 Koch is helped out of the Soyuz MS-13 spacecraft. (Bill Ingalls/NASA/AFP/Getty Images)
Feb. 6, 2020 Specialists help ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano shortly after landing. (Sergei Ilnitsky/Pool/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock)
Feb. 6, 2020 Koch, left, Parmitano, right, and Skvortsov sit in chairs shortly after the landing. (Sergei Ilnitsky/Pool/AP)
Feb. 6, 2020 NASA astronaut Christina Koch is seen as she is helped out of the Soyuz MS-13 spacecraft just minutes after she, Roscosmos (Russia) cosmonaut Alexander Skvortsov and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Luca Parmitano landed in a remote area near Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan. Koch spent 328 days in space, the longest single spaceflight by a woman. (Bill Ingalls/NASA/AFP/Getty Images)
Feb. 6, 2020 The Soyuz space capsule holding Koch, Parmitano and Skvortsov is seen landing. (Sergei Ilnitsky/Pool/AP)
Feb. 6, 2020 Specialists help Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Skvortsov shortly after the landing. (Sergei Ilnitsky/Pool/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock)
Feb. 6, 2020 The capsule landed about 90 miles southeast of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan. (Sergei Ilnitsky/Pool/AP)
Feb. 6, 2020 The capsule is seen on the ground as a rescue helicopter lands. (Sergei Ilnitsky/Pool/AP)
Feb. 6, 2020 A Russian space agency rescue team helps U.S. astronaut Christina Koch after the landing. (Sergei Ilnitsky/Pool/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock)
Feb. 6, 2020 A search-and-rescue team approaches the space capsule. (Sergei Ilnitsky/Pool/Reuters)
Feb. 6, 2020 A window on the spacecraft is seen shortly after it landed. (Bill Ingalls/NASA/AFP/Getty Images)
Feb. 6, 2020 Parmitano reacts shortly after the landing. (Sergei Ilnitsky/Pool/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock)