Two NASA astronauts and a Russian cosmonaut on Friday made a safe return from the International Spac

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Two NASA astronauts and a Russian cosmonaut on Friday made a safe return from the International Space Station to find the planet transformed by the coronavirus pandemic.
Andrew Morgan, Jessica Meir and Oleg Skripochka touched down in central Kazakhstan at 0516 GMT in the first returning mission since the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic in March.
Morgan had been on the ISS since July last year, while Meir and Skripochka arrived in September.
"TOUCHDOWN! Welcome home, Oleg Skripochka, Andrew Morgan and Jessica Meir!" Russia's Roscosmos space agency wrote on Twitter.
Unusually, NASA and Roscosmos did not show live video of the trio parachuting down in their Soyuz landing capsule. 
This was scrapped "due to technical limitations associated with the epidemiological situation," Roscosmos said.
Subsequent video from the landing site showed recovery crews wearing face masks and rubber gloves as they hauled the crew members out of the Soyuz MS-15 capsule, which was lying on its side.
"Please keep your distance," one ground crew member could be heard telling another.
While the trio's landing site southeast of the Kazakh town of Dzhezkazgan is the same as for previous crews, the pandemic has forced changes to mission-end protocol.
The crew will not be flying back home via Kazakhstan's Karaganda airport as usual because it has been shut down, like so many other airports across the world.
Instead, Skripochka will fly from the Baikonur cosmodrome used to launch missions to the ISS while the NASA duo will take off in a plane from the steppe city of Kyzlorda after a drive of several hours.
In a media appearance aboard the ISS prior to her departure, Meir said it would be difficult to give up embraces with family and friends as she gets to deal with a new culture of physical distancing on Earth.
"I think I will feel more isolated on Earth than here," reflected Meir, who made history as one half of the first all-women spacewalk along with NASA colleague Christina Koch in October.
The International Space Station -- a rare example of cooperation between Russia and the West -- has been orbiting Earth at about 28,000 kilometres per hour since 1998. 8. Who stayed longest at the international Space Station among the three people landing on Friday?
A. Andrew Morgan B. Jessica Meir  C. Oleg Skripochka D. Christina Koch 9. What did one ground crew say to another?
A."Please wear your face mask."    B. "Please wear your rubber gloves."
C. "Please keep off."   D."Please keep your distance."
10. Why won't the crew fly home via Kazakhstan's Karaganda airport as usual?
A. Because the the airport has been shut down during the COVID-19 pandemic.
B. Because the crew have to be examined by doctors.
C. Because the crew were not allowed to stay at the airport.
D. Because the crew have changed their plans.11.How many women made the first all- women space walk according to the last but one paragraph?
A.1 B.2 C.3 D.4
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