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Added on the 11/06/2015 21:27:53 - Copyright : AFP EN
Three members of the Expedition 64 team returned safely to Earth after ending their mission on the International Space Station and landing in Kazakhstan.
The first crew to blast off to the International Space Station following a launch accident that deepened doubts over Russia's space programme returned to earth safely.
Two American astronauts and a Russian cosmonaut return to earth wrapping up a six-month mission at the International Space Station as tensions between Washington and Moscow threaten a rare area of cooperation. NASA astronauts Drew Feustel and Ricky Arnold and Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos touched down on steppe land southeast of the Kazakh town of Dzhezkazgan at the expected time of 1145 GMT.
Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa returns to Earth after 12 days at the International Space Station. Footage from the landing site, around 150 kilometres (90 miles) southeast of the central Kazakhstan town of Zhezkazgan, shows Maezawa, his assistant Yozo Hirano, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin smiling after being helped out of the Soyuz descent module and into evacuation vehicles in freezing, foggy conditions. IMAGES