Space trio return to Earth after six months aboard orbiting station

A Russian Soyuz MS-17 space capsule stands on the ground after landing (Roscosmos/AP)

A US astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts have returned to Earth after six months aboard the International Space Station.

A Soyuz space capsule carrying Nasa’s Kate Rubins and Russians Sergey Ryzhikov and Sergey Kud-Sverchkov landed on Saturday in the steppes of Kazakhstan.