Check out that landing mark! A Soyuz spacecraft carrying three people touched down safely in remote Kazakhstan late Sunday (EDT) and went for a brief sleigh ride in the snow, as you can see from the drag marks on the landscape.
The flawless landing included the Expedition 40/41 crew members of Reid Wiseman (NASA), Alexander Gerst (European Space Agency) and Maxim Suraev (Roscosmos), who spent 165 days in space, mainly living on the International Space Station. Check out some more landing pictures and video below.
New @Space_Station commander Butch Wilmore, in a Navy tradition, rung a ceremonial bell when the #Exp41 crew departed pic.twitter.com/rq7P1TDZwV
— NASA (@NASA) November 10, 2014
#ISScrew of @astro_reid @Astro_Alex & @Msuraev undocked at 7:31p ET. Next stop: Earth! pic.twitter.com/GuqZdKIzJw — NASA (@NASA) November 10, 2014
Landing! #Soyuz with #Exp41 parachutes into below freezing temperatures in Kazakhstan at 10:58pm ET. pic.twitter.com/WBqdsPPaxi
— Intl. Space Station (@Space_Station) November 10, 2014
Yes, that black capsule just “fell” from space. Ah, those 3 guys too! Great job @astro_reid @Astro_Alex @MSuraev pic.twitter.com/LtxBRkaRiJ — Sam Cristoforetti (@AstroSamantha) November 10, 2014