Friday, March 15, 2013

FOX News: 3 astronauts return to Earth after 144-day mission to space station

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3 astronauts return to Earth after 144-day mission to space station
Mar 16th 2013, 03:42

Published March 15, 2013

Associated Press

MOSCOW –  A Soyuz space capsule carrying an American astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts has landed on the steppes of Kazakhstan, returning the three men to Earth after a 144-day mission to the International Space Station.

A commentator on NASA TV says the search and recovery helicopters are approaching the landing site, but that only two of 12 aircraft have been allowed to land because of heavy clouds and fog. The temperature is just above freezing.

NASA's Kevin Ford and Russians Oleg Novitsky and Yevgeny Tarelkin had been scheduled to return on Friday, but the landing was postponed by a day because of bad weather.

Their Russian-made capsule touched down Saturday at around 9:10 a.m. local time.

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