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Detailed explanation-1: -She spent 328 days in space, the longest single spaceflight by a woman. NASA astronaut Christina Koch’s historic tour aboard the International Space Station came to a triumphant end Thursday when the spacecraft carrying her and two colleagues touched down on a snowy patch of earth at 4:12 a.m. Eastern time.

Detailed explanation-2: -She launched on March 14, 2019 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on a Soyuz spacecraft with NASA Astronaut Nick Hague and Russian Cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin. She returned to Earth on February 6, 2020 on the MS-13 Soyuz spacecraft with Russian Cosmonaut Alexander Skvortsov and ESA Astronaut Luca Parmitano.

Detailed explanation-3: -Now, coming back to Earth from space takes a few hours to a few days if you haven’t wandered off into outer space. For instance, here’s the distance between planet Earth and several popular destinations. The International Space Station is about 240 miles from us and it takes just about one day to get there.

Detailed explanation-4: -According to several reports, many astronauts take only three to four days to get their mobility back and start walking properly. But, don’t forget that the lack of mobility is not the only challenge they face after returning from space. It may take 45 days to a couple of months for astronauts to completely recover.

Detailed explanation-5: -Four astronauts return to Earth after nearly 6 months on the Space Station : NPR. Four astronauts return to Earth after nearly 6 months on the Space Station Their mission ended Friday with a splashdown in the Atlantic Ocean off Florida.