September 11, 2013

Soyuz spacecraft lands successfully, crew safe



Three ISS crew members have successfully returned to Earth on board a Soyuz spacecraft that landed on the Kazakhstan steppe on Wednesday. Two Russians and an American spent 166 days in space.

The landing capsule of Soyuz TMA-08M made a touchdown in the planned area and the rescue operation didn’t take long, featuring 12 Mi-8 helicopters and three planes, as well as six rescue vehicles and 14 auxiliary vehicles that were sent to recover the crew, the Russian aviation agency said.