Soyuz TMA-17 (launched Dec. 20)

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SDC : Russian Soyuz Spacecraft Lands Safely with Station Crew

By Tariq Malik
SPACE.com Managing Editor
posted: 01 June 2010
11:31 pm ET



This story was updated at 11:39 p.m. ET.

A Russian Soyuz spacecraft landed safely in Kazakhstan late Tuesday to return a cosmonaut and two astronauts back home from the International Space Station after nearly six months in space.

The Soyuz TMA-17 spacecraft touched down on at about 11:25 a.m. EDT (0325 Wednesday GMT) on the central steppes of Kazakhstan in Central Asia with Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kotov and two crewmates – one each from the United States and Japan – onboard. It was 9:25 a.m. Wednesday local time at the landing site.

Recovery crews reported that the Soyuz capsule had tilted on its side after landing, which has happened before, but overall it was a smooth landing, NASA officials said.

 

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SDC : Touchdown! Soyuz Spaceship's Landing Jets Fire in Photo

By Clara Moskowitz
SPACE.com Senior Writer
posted: 02 June 2010
06:15 pm ET

A spectacular shot of a Russian Soyuz spacecraft landing on the steppes of Kazakhstan shows the bright blaze of the spacecraft's thrusters firing just before it touched down Wednesday morning (local time).

NASA photographer Bill Ingalls took the photo from a recovery helicopter as the Soyuz TMA-17 capsule safely returned Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kotov, NASA astronaut Timothy "T.J." Creamer, and Japanese spaceflyer Soichi Noguchi back to Earth after six months onboard the International Space Station. The trio served as members of the Expedition 22 and 23 crews.



Parachutes helped slow the descent of the Soyuz TMA-17 spacecraft as it plummeted down from Earth orbit. In the final minutes the thrusters helped further ease off the speed of the capsule to enable a soft landing at 9:25 a.m. Wednesday local time (11:25 p.m. Tuesday EDT).

More photos :

http://www.federalspace.ru : Soyuz TMA-17 Landing (photos)

 

[EarthlingX]

How about this :

http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/station/crew-24/ndxpage17.html

ISS024-E-005022 (2 June 2010)

--- The Soyuz TMA-17 spacecraft departs the International Space Station on June 2, 2010. Onboard are three members of Expedition 23 -- Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kotov, commander; along with NASA astronaut T.J. Creamer and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Soichi Noguchi, both flight engineers. The moon can be seen in the lower right quadrant of the photo.

 

[Zipi]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wd-8B-L4rcg[/youtube]

 

[EarthlingX]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOPfDQE78jc[/youtube]

 

[EarthlingX]

I think this is related to the above Zipi's post with video :

SDC : Video Shows Soyuz Spaceship Landing Like Never Before

By Clara Moskowitz
SPACE.com Senior Writer
posted: 15 June 2010
02:10 am ET



A new video of the recent landing of a Russian Soyuz spacecraft shows the touchdown on the Central Asian steppes of Kazakhstan from a rare ground-based view of the space capsule's jarring touchdown.

A camera mounted on a Russian Search and Recovery all-terrain vehicle captured a unique video perspective of the Soyuz TMA-17 spacecraft carrying the International Space Station's Expedition 23 crew on June 2. The capsule touched down with the help of parachutes and thrusters east of the town Dzezhgazkan on the steppes of Kazakhstan.

The video shows the parachute's deployment and the cloud of dirt that the spacecraft kicks up as it hits the ground with a jolt. Recovery crews can be seen scrambling to open up the capsule and retrieve the three spaceflyers inside. All-in-all, it was a standard and uneventful landing, according to NASA and Russia's Federal Space Agency.

 

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Photos by Astro_Soichi, who was in Moscow for technical debriefing :

Jun 21, 2010 12:30 PM

Astro_Soichi: Back to the USSR! Arrived in Moscow for technical debriefing.

Jun 22, 2010 12:43 AM

Astro_Soichi: White birch forest, near star city.

Jun 22, 2010 7:44 PM

Astro_Soichi: Summer on star city, Russia. Techical debriefing for the next three days.

Jun 25, 2010

Astro_Soichi: Traditional astronaut return ceremony in Star City, Russia.

Interview: ISS Expedition 22/23 T.J. Creamer :
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-oEXGvzvO4[/youtube]

 

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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uul7nB7ZUtU[/youtube]