Science A Russian Soyuz capsule today landed safely in a village in Kazakhstan. With the capsule returned three diving back to earth after a stay of nearly 200 days in the International Space station (ISS).
The Soyuz capsule was to 2.40 pm (Belgian time) berthed from the ISS and landed just after 6 hours in Kazakhstan, a minute earlier than planned. The return was closely monitored, because in August there was drop in pressure arise in the ISS through a hole in the wall of the leefmodule of the conscious Soyuz. The problem was quickly solved, but the cause is not yet known. Possible going to sabotage.
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On board the capsule were the German Alexander Barley on behalf of the European ruimtevaartbureau ESA, the Russian Soyuz commander Sergei Prokopjev, and the American astronaute Serena Aunon-Chancellor. The German was after Frank De Winne for the second European to be a commander of the ISS. He has during his two missions 363 days in the complex spent, according to ESA. the
In the ISS continue to the Russian Oleg Kononenko, the American Anne McClain and Canadian David Saint-Jacques behind.
Failed Soyuz launch in October
Sergei Prokopjev and Alexander Barley were normal on 13 december return. But in October failed the launch of the Soyuz MS-10, making the Russian Aleksey Ovtsjinin and the American Nick Hague not in the ISS, but again in Kazakhstan landed. Only when the Russian ruimtevaartautoriteiten were sure that the Soyuz launcher still was reliable, could the current ISS crew to leave.
