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3 Space Station Astronauts Safely Return to Earth
A three-person crew from the International Space Station landed safely in the steppes of Kazakhstan on Thursday after a longer-than-expected orbital stint
The International Space Station (ISS) crew rest after their landing, in the Russian Soyuz TMA-15M space capsule seen behind, with Russian cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov, centre, U.S. astronaut Terry Virts, left, and Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti, in remote area outside the town of Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on Thursday, June 11, 2015. AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev
DZHEZKAZGAN, Kazakhstan—A three-person crew from the International Space Station landed safely in the steppes of Kazakhstan on Thursday after a longer-than-expected orbital stint.
NASA astronaut Terry Virts, Samantha Cristoforetti of the European Space Agency and Russia’s Anton Shkaplerov returned to Earth after 199 days on the station, nearly a month longer than planned.
