Soyuz spacecraft with three astronauts lands safely
The space capsule brings Expedition 21 crew members back from the International Space Station.
Caption: The Soyuz spacecraft undocks from ISS. Image credit: NASA TV
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MOSCOW (BNS): Russian spacecraft Soyuz TMA-15 carrying three astronauts landed safely at the northern Kazakh city of Karkalyk Tuesday.
The space capsule had a smooth touchdown at 10:16 Moscow time (7:16 GMT) as scheduled.
It brought back Expedition 21 crew Russian cosmonaut Roman Romanenko, ESA astronaut Frank De Winne and Canadian astronaut Robert Thirsk who completed a stint of six months in the International Space Station.
Earlier, the spacecraft had undocked from the orbital station at 7:00 a.m. Moscow time (04:00 GMT), Roscosmos said.
The space capsule had a smooth touchdown at 10:16 Moscow time (7:16 GMT) as scheduled.
It brought back Expedition 21 crew Russian cosmonaut Roman Romanenko, ESA astronaut Frank De Winne and Canadian astronaut Robert Thirsk who completed a stint of six months in the International Space Station.
Earlier, the spacecraft had undocked from the orbital station at 7:00 a.m. Moscow time (04:00 GMT), Roscosmos said.
