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ISS Crew Returns in Soyuz Capsule

Posted by michael on from the safe-as-houses dept.

physicsnerd writes "According to CNN the Soyuz capsule from the International Space Station has landed in Kazakhstan. This is the first time US Astronauts have ever landed outside of the US."

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  1. Always Landed in US? by kmeson · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Before the shuttle program, as I recall, they always landed outside the US.

  2. Re:Apparently they landed in the wrong place by kharchenko · · Score: 5, Insightful

    >That could have easily have gone very horribly wrong - imagine them coming down on the side of a steep mountain-face.

    That's why they aim for Kazakh steppe - it's about as hard to miss as the Pacific ocean.