«Soyuz TMA-08M» lands in Kazakhstan

BAIKONUR. September 11. KAZINFORM - Landing spacecraft "Soyuz TMA-08M" with Roskosmos astronauts Pavel Vinogradov and Alexander Misurkin and NASA astronaut Christopher Cassidy has landed safely in Kazakhstan.
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Pavel Vinogradov, Chris Cassidy and Alexander Misurkin landed in Kazakhstan at 10:58 p.m. Tuesday (8:58 a.m. Kazakhstan time Wednesday). The trio undocked from the Poisk mini-research module in their Soyuz TMA-08M spacecraft ending a 5-and-a-half month stay at the International Space Station.

The day before, Vinogradov handed over control of the station to Flight Engineer Fyodor Yurchikhin in a traditional Change of Command Ceremony in the Zvezda service module. Yurchikhin officially became station commander when the homeward-bound trio undocked.

Commander Vinogradov and Flight Engineers Cassidy and Misurkin first arrived at the International Space Station on March 28. They leave behind new station Commander Yurchikhin and Flight Engineers Karen Nyberg and Luca Parmitano, who are now the Expedition 37 crew.

Waiting back on Earth to join Expedition 37 are future crew members Oleg Kotov, Mike Hopkins and Sergey Ryazanskiy. They are in Kazakhstan preparing for a Sept. 25 launch in their Soyuz TMA-10M spacecraft. The new space trio will arrive at the orbital laboratory just four orbits, or six hours, later and dock to Poisk.

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