Soyuz returns three ISS crew to Earth
Posted: Tue, Jun 21, 2016, 9:36 AM ET (1336 GMT)
A Soyuz spacecraft carrying three International Space Station crewmembers returned to Earth early June 18. The Soyuz TMA-19M spacecraft landed in Kazakhstan at 5:15 am EDt (0915 GMT), a few hours after undocking from the station. The Soyuz returned to Earth NASA's Tim Kopra, Roscosmos's Yuri Malenchenko and ESA's Tim Peake after spending six months in space. All three were in good health after the landing, and Kopra and Peake have returned to the US and Europe, respectively.
A Soyuz spacecraft carrying three International Space Station crewmembers returned to Earth early June 18. The Soyuz TMA-19M spacecraft landed in Kazakhstan at 5:15 am EDt (0915 GMT), a few hours after undocking from the station. The Soyuz returned to Earth NASA's Tim Kopra, Roscosmos's Yuri Malenchenko and ESA's Tim Peake after spending six months in space. All three were in good health after the landing, and Kopra and Peake have returned to the US and Europe, respectively.| <<previous article | next article>> |
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