PHOTOS: Soyuz returns three-man crew to Earth
Posted: July 1, 2012
A three-man crew from NASA, Europe and Russia completed their half-year mission aboard the International Space Station and returned to Earth on Sunday. Touchdown of the Soyuz spacecraft in Kazakhstan occurred at 4:14 a.m. EDT (0814 GMT), capping 193 days in space.
Recovery personnel retrieved Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko, European flight engineer Andre Kuipers, and NASA astronaut Don Pettit from the capsule shortly after landing.
Credit: ESA/Stephane Corvaja
Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
Credit: ESA/Stephane Corvaja
Credit: ESA/Stephane Corvaja
Credit: ESA/Stephane Corvaja
Credit: ESA/Stephane Corvaja
Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
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