"Union" with the astronauts returned to Earth
The Soyuz TMA-13M, ustinovichius from the ISS, successfully landed in the Kazakhstan steppes. Land returned Maxim Suraev, reed Weisman and Alexander Gerst.
Lander manned spacecraft "Soyuz" with the crew of the International space station on November 10 at 06:58 GMT landed in the Kazakhstan steppes. Aircraft with travelers who plied the space landed in the proposed district in accordance with the temporary regulations.
"The capsule landed in the planned landing area, approximately 82 km from the Kazakh metropolis of Arkalyk," he said, adept of the Moscow mission control Center TASS. Aircraft rescue caught signal VHF transmitter descent module and led him to the place of landing. Experts search and rescue teams successfully conducted the evacuation of the international crew of the capsules. "The crew feels wonderful," he said at MCC.
In the descent module together with the crew landed and "space" generation of flies-Drosophila. Insects were withdrawn during the study of the effects of weightlessness on the development of multicellular organisms. These studies suggest an extraordinary value for science and should serve as the study of deep space.
Returning to Earth Russian astronaut Maxim Suraev, NASA astronaut Reid, Weisman and astronaut of the European space Agency Alexander Gerst worked in the orbit of approximately 170 days. The ISS will continue research, there remain astronauts Roscosmos Alexander Samokutyaev and Elena Serova, and NASA astronaut Barry Wilmore, who became commander of the ISS instead Suraev.
It is told that the return of the space explorers home went well. The experts were ready for any emergency, which, to his utter joy, did not happen. 3 planes and 12 helicopters guaranteed the return to Earth of Soyuz TMA-13M. Went up into the sky An-12 and An-26, and another Mi-8 helicopters. To assist the special aircraft were involved in 6 search and recovery vehicles and 14 units of auxiliary equipment.
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