4 May 2012. Add 6 photos and captions from pool photographers.
28 April 2012
Space Station Expedition 30 Soyuz Capsule
Landing
These show the International Space Station Expedition 30 Soyuz capsule landing
on April 27, 2012, in Kazakhstan. It was carrying a NASA astronaut, Expedition
30 Commander Dan Burbank, and two Russians, Anton Shkaplerov and Anatoly
Ivanishin on the return flight after leaving on November 14, 2011.
Photos by NASA and Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (GCTC).
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Space Station Expedition 30 Soyuz Capsule
Landing
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Dust plumes are caused by retro-rockets fired just before landing.
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Russia's space agency ground personnel check a Soyuz capsule with a three-men
crew, two Russians and an American on board, shortly after landing outside
the town of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan, Friday, April 27, 2012. A Soyuz space capsule
carrying Anton Shkaplerov, Anatoly Ivanishin and NASA's Daniel Burbank touched
down safely Friday on the sweeping steppes of central Kazakhstan, ending
the men's 163-day stay on the International Space Station. (Kirill Kudryavtsev,
Pool) |
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From left, US astronaut Daniel Burbank, Russian cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov,
and Anatoly Ivanishin are inside a Soyuz capsule shortly after landing outside
the town of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan, Friday, April 27, 2012. A Soyuz space capsule
carrying Anton Shkaplerov, Anatoly Ivanishin and NASA's Daniel Burbank touched
down safely Friday on the sweeping steppes of central Kazakhstan, ending
the men's 163-day stay on the International Space Station. (Sergei Remezov,
Pool) |
Anton Shkaplero Extracted
Russia's space agency ground personnel carry Russian cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov
shortly after landing outside the town of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan, Friday, April
27, 2012. A Soyuz space capsule carrying Anton Shkaplerov, Anatoly Ivanishin
and NASA's Daniel Burbank touched down safely Friday on the sweeping steppes
of central Kazakhstan, ending the men's 163-day stay on the International
Space Station. (Sergei Remezov, Pool)
Russian cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov shows the V-sign for victory shortly after
his landing in a Soyuz capsule outside the town of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan, Friday,
April 27, 2012. A Soyuz space capsule carrying Anton Shkaplerov, Anatoly
Ivanishin and NASA's Daniel Burbank touched down safely Friday on the sweeping
steppes of central Kazakhstan, ending the men's 163-day stay on the International
Space Station. (AP Photo/Kirill Kudryavtsev, Pool)
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Anatoly Ivanishin Extracted
Russia's space agency ground personnel assist Russian cosmonaut Anatoly Ivanishin
in getting out of the Soyuz capsule shortly after landing outside the town
of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan, Friday, April 27, 2012. A Soyuz space capsule carrying
Anton Shkaplerov, Anatoly Ivanishin and NASA's Daniel Burbank touched down
safely Friday on the sweeping steppes of central Kazakhstan, ending the men's
163-day stay on the International Space Station. (Sergei Remezov, Pool)
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Dan Burbank Extracted
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Left to right, Burbank, Shkaplero and Ivanishin
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Medical Examination Station
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From
left, US astronaut Daniel Burbank, Russian cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov and
Anatoly Ivanishin attend a press conference in Kazakhstan's town of Kostanay,
Friday, April 27, 2012, some hours after landing in a Soyuz capsule. A Soyuz
space capsule carrying Anton Shkaplerov, Anatoly Ivanishin and NASA's Daniel
Burbank touched down safely Friday on the sweeping steppes of central Kazakhstan,
ending the men's 163-day stay on the International Space Station. (Kirill
Kudryavtsev, Pool) |
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