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Three space station crew members land in Kazakhstan
Dec 1, 2009, 8:08 GMT
Moscow - Three crew members of the International Space Station (ISS) returned to Earth on Tuesday, safely landing in the steppes of Kazakhstan after 188 days in space, Russia's mission control said.
Belgian Frank De Winne of the European Space Agency, Robert Thirsk of the Canadian Space Agency and Russian Roman Romanenko touched down in their Soyuz TMA-14 capsule at 1:15 pm (0715 GMT) after a three- hour journey.
Wintry weather forced the landing support team to meet them with all-terrain vehicles, bringing them back to the nearby city of Arkalyk.
The three men had been at the ISS since May. Their arrival marked the beginning of the first mission in which members of all five international partner agencies of the ISS, from Russia, Japan, Canada, Europe, and the United States, were on board.
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