A camera mounted on an all-terrain vehicle that was part of the Russian Search and Recovery Forces team in Kazakhstan captured never-before-seen views of the landing of the Expedition 23 crew in the Soyuz TMA-17 spacecraft east of the town of Dzezhgazkan on June 2, 2010. Soyuz Commander Oleg Kotov and Flight Engineers T.J. Creamer and Soichi Noguchi returned to Earth after 163 days in space.
The trio of astronauts have returned safely to Earth in a Russian Soyuz-17 capsule after spending nearly half a year at the International Space Station (ISS). Read more
A Russian Soyuz spacecraft with three astronauts on board landed on the steppe of Kazakhstan on Wednesday, Russia's Mission Control said. Russian Oleg Kotov, NASA's Timothy Creamer and Japan's Soichi Noguchi arrived near the town of Zhezkazgan as planned, at 0725 Moscow time (0325 GMT), an announcer at Mission Control outside Moscow said. Read more
Expedition 23 Commander Oleg Kotov and Flight Engineers T.J. Creamer and Soichi Noguchi landed their Soyuz-17 spacecraft in Kazakhstan Tuesday, June 1, wrapping up a five-and-a-half-month stay aboard the International Space Station. Kotov, the Soyuz commander, was at the controls of the spacecraft as it undocked at 8:04 p.m. EDT from the aft port on the station's Zvezda module. The crew landed at 11:25 p.m., east of Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan. Read more
The Expedition 22/23 crew, Oleg Kotov, T.J. Creamer and Soichi Noguchi, are to scheduled to return to Earth using the Soyuz TMA-17/21S spacecraft. Undocking from the International Space Station is planned for 00:04 GMT, 2nd June, 2010. Touchdown is expected at 03:24 GMT on an landing site in central Kazakhstan. Located at Latitude 47.2° N, and Longitude 69.35° E.