3 International Space Station Astronauts Land in Kazakhstan

An International Space Station crew including an American, a Briton and a Russian landed safely Saturday in the sun-drenched steppes of Kazakhstan.
3 International Space Station Astronauts Land in Kazakhstan
The Soyuz TMA-19M capsule carrying NASA's Tim Kopra, European Space Agency's Tim Peake, and Roscosmos' Yuri Malenchenko descends beneath a parachute near the town of Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on June 18, 2016. Shamil Zhumatov/AP
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MOSCOW—An International Space Station crew including an American, a Briton and a Russian landed safely Saturday in the sun-drenched steppes of Kazakhstan.

The Soyuz TMA-19M capsule carrying NASA’s Tim Kopra, Tim Peake of the European Space Agency and the Russian agency Roscosmos’ Yuri Malenchenko touched down as scheduled at 3:15 p.m. local time (0915 GMT) about 90 miles (145 kilometers) southeast of Zhezkazgan in Kazakhstan.

The International Space Station crew, (L-R) British Tim Peake, Russian Yuri Malenchenko, and Tim Kopra of U.S., surrounded by ground personnel, rest shortly after landing near the town of Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, Saturday, June 18, 2016. A three-person crew from the International Space Station has landed safely in the sun-drenched steppes of Kazakhstan. (Shamil Zhumatov/AP)
The International Space Station crew, (L-R) British Tim Peake, Russian Yuri Malenchenko, and Tim Kopra of U.S., surrounded by ground personnel, rest shortly after landing near the town of Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, Saturday, June 18, 2016. A three-person crew from the International Space Station has landed safely in the sun-drenched steppes of Kazakhstan. Shamil Zhumatov/AP