Russian Soyuz capsule returns as planned
24/10/2008 17:22
A Russian Soyuz capsule with two Russian cosmonauts and a US space tourist
aboard landed safely in Kazakhstan as scheduled today.
The capsule returned
at about 9:37 am (0337 GMT), and the two Russian crew, Sergei Volkov and Oleg
Konon, felt fine, said Russian Mission Control spokesman Valery Lyndin.
The
TV channel of US National Aeronautics and Space Administration(NASA) called the
on-target landing flawless.
NASA also said Russian helicopters had arrived at
the landing site of the capsule in north-central Kazakhstan to fetch the
crew.
US millionaire Richard Garriott, aged 47 and son of a former astronaut
with NASA, paid some US$30 million for the journey. He is world's sixth space
tourist and also the first American to follow a parent into space.
Xinhua
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