Soyuz Landing Caps Space Station's First Decade of Expeditions
Expedition 25 Commander Doug Wheelock and Flight Engineers Shannon Walker and Fyodor Yurchikhin safely landed their Soyuz spacecraft on the Kazakhstan steppe Thursday, wrapping up a five-month stay aboard the International Space Station. Russian cosmonaut Yurchikhin, the Soyuz commander, was at the controls of the spacecraft as it undocked at 8:23 p.m. EST from the station's Rassvet module. The trio landed at 11:46 p.m. (10:46 a.m. on Nov. 26 local time) at a site northeast of the town of Arkalyk. Read more
The Soyuz TMA-19 with 2 American astronauts and 1 Russian cosmonaut landed safely at 4:46 UT on the steppe in northern Kazakhstan after spending five months aboard the International Space Station. Read more
On Friday, November 26, will return to Earth the manned spacecraft Soyuz TMA-19, launched in June from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, carrying the American Shannon Walker and Douglas Wheelock, the mission's commander, and the Russian astronaut Fyodor Yurchikhin. The crew should land in Kazakhstan, about 80 km away from Arkalyk, at 07:46 (local time). Source
The reins of the International Space Station were passed from Expedition 25 Commander Doug Wheelock to Expedition 26 Commander Scott Kelly in a ceremony aboard the complex Nov. 24. The other station crew members looked on. Wheelock, Shannon Walker and Fyodor Yurchikhin will return to Earth in their Soyuz TMA-19 spacecraft Nov. 25 for a parachute-assisted landing on the steppe of Kazakhstan.
A Soyuz capsule carrying two Russian cosmonauts and an American astronaut has docked successfully with the International Space Station (ISS). The men will complete a five-month tour of duty aboard the laboratory, joining three crew members already on board. The capsule lifted off from the Baikonur cosmodrome in southern Kazakhstan. Read more