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Kissing earth after 6 months in space
The Soyuz TMA-19M capsule carrying NASA\'s Tim Kopra, Tim Peake of the European Space Agency and the Russian agency Roscosmos\' Yuri Malenchenko touched down as scheduled at 3:15 pm local time about 145 kilometers southeast of Zhezkazgan in Kazakhstan.
Moscow: An International Space Station crew including an American, a Briton and a Russian landed safely on Saturday in the sun-drenched steppes of Kazakhstan.
The Soyuz TMA-19M capsule carrying NASA's Tim Kopra, Tim Peake of the European Space Agency and the Russian agency Roscosmos' Yuri Malenchenko touched down as scheduled at 3:15 pm local time about 145 kilometers southeast of Zhezkazgan in Kazakhstan.
All descent maneuvers were performed without any hitches and the crew reported feeling fine as their ship slid off the orbit and headed down to Earth. Helicopters carrying recovery teams were circling the area as the capsule was descending slowly under a massive orange-and-white parachute.
The trio spent 186 days in space since their launch in December 2015. They have conducted hundreds of experiments in biology, biotechnology, physical science and Earth science.
NASA astronaut Jeff Williams along with Russians Oleg Skripochka and Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos will operate the station for three weeks until the arrival of three new crew members.
Speaking in his last live link-up from space, Peake said: "It's been a fantastic six months up here - (a) really remarkable, incredible experience.
I'm looking forward to coming home, looking forward to seeing my friends and my family, but I am going to miss this place (the ISS)."
The first time I saw the Earth was just a few moments after insertion into orbit," he told CNN last month in an interview from the ISS.
It was just the most incredible feeling to be in orbit and see the planet for the first time. It was spectacular.While aboard the space station, the three conducted scientific research in biology, biotechnology and science.
