The Expedition 39 crew returned to Earth Tuesday after 188 days in - TopicsExpress



          

The Expedition 39 crew returned to Earth Tuesday after 188 days in space, completing a journey of over 79-million miles and more than 3,000 orbits of the Earth since launching to the International Space Station back in November. The Soyuz TMA-11M spacecraft carrying Expedition 39 Commander Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Soyuz Commander Mikhail Tyurin of Roscosmos, the Russian Federal Space Agency and Flight Engineer Rick Mastracchio of NASA landed in the steppe of Kazakhstan southeast of Dzhezkazgan at 9:58 p.m. (7:58 a.m. Wednesday, Kazakh time). Helicopters carrying the Russian recovery teams and NASA personnel reached the landing site shortly afterward to assist the crew and conduct medical examinations. Read more: nasa.gov/content/expedition-39-crew-returns-to-earth-after-six-months-on-station/
Posted on: Wed, 14 May 2014 02:51:48 +0000

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