Soyuz and Its Multinational Crew Land In Kazakhstan
A Russian cosmonaut, an American astronaut and a Canadian spaceflight participant landed safely in Kazakhstan at 12:32 am EDT this morning aboard Soyuz TMA-14. Their return from the International Space Station (ISS) ended a 199-day tour of duty for Gennady Padalka and Michael Barrett, and 9 days for Guy Laliberte, CEO of Cirque du Soleil, who reportedly paid Russia $35 million for his trip to space.
According to Bill Harwood of CBS News, in an interview earlier in the week Barrett said he would miss the ISS, but was looking forward to seeing his wife and five children, while Padalka referred to their “very, very long and very productive, and, I would say, very eventful” mission and said he was
“ready to go home.”
Six crew members, under the command of ESA astronaut Frank De Winne, remain aboard the ISS as reported earlier on SpacePolicyOnline.com.
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