Soyuz Space capsule with international crew lands in Kazakhstan

Soyuz Space capsule with international crew lands in Kazakhstan

A Soyuz space capsule with Russian, US and British astronauts landed on Saturday in Central Asia’s Kazakhstan, the Russian mission control center said, Sputnik reports.

​"A successful landing! The capsule landed 147 kilometers [91 miles] from the city of Jezkazgan in Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan," a source in the control center told RIA Novosti.

​The capsule carried Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko, NASA astronaut Timothy Kopra and European Space Agency’s Timothy Peake back to the Earth.

​The astronauts landed in south-central Kazakhstan after spending 186 days on the International Space Station.

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