Back to Earth: Three astronauts land safely on Kazakh steppe
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The Soyuz MSO6 ferry craft carrying three astronauts back from the International Space Station landed safely in Kazakhstan this morning. Russian recovery crews and medical personnel, along with a contingent representing NASA, are stationed nearby. They will help the men out of the cramped capsule as they begin readjusting to gravity. The Russian cosmonaut and two NASA astronauts conducted a 168-day mission at the ISS. They boarded the Soyuz ferry craft on Tuesday.