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| Russia's Soyuz capsule lands in Kazakhstan after ISS visit | Russia's Soyuz capsule lands in Kazakhstan after ISS visit |
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| Russia's Soyuz spacecraft has landed safely in Kazakhstan, bringing three crew members back from the International Space Station (ISS). | Russia's Soyuz spacecraft has landed safely in Kazakhstan, bringing three crew members back from the International Space Station (ISS). |
| US astronaut Mike Fossum, Japan's Satoshi Furukawa and Russia's Sergei Volkov spent 165 days on the ISS. | US astronaut Mike Fossum, Japan's Satoshi Furukawa and Russia's Sergei Volkov spent 165 days on the ISS. |
| Their replacements - two Russians and an American - arrived at the ISS on the Soyuz on Wednesday. | Their replacements - two Russians and an American - arrived at the ISS on the Soyuz on Wednesday. |
| The Soyuz is now the only means of reaching the ISS after the US ended its shuttle programme earlier this year. | The Soyuz is now the only means of reaching the ISS after the US ended its shuttle programme earlier this year. |
| The capsule touched down safely on the snowy steppes of Kazakhstan at 08:27 local time (02:27 GMT), said officials. | |
| Television footage showed the smiling three-man crew emerging and being wrapped in blankets. | |
| US space agency Nasa said the capsule had landed on its side, which was "not unusual in windy conditions". | |
| The Soyuz rocket had blasted off from Russia's Baikonur cosmodrome on Monday morning. | |
| It was the first manned voyage since a cargo rocket crashed shortly after launch in August, prompting the suspension of all manned space travel for almost three months. | |
| Nasa astronaut Dan Burbank and Russian cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov and Anatoly Ivanishin are due to remain at the space station until March. |