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The crew of Soyuz TMA-04M returned to Earth
Russian Aviaton » Monday September 17, 2012 19:49 MSK

The descent module of manned Soyuz TMA-04M spaceship has landed in Kazakhstan near Arkalyik town (86 km to the north-east) at 6.52 Moscow time, press-service of Federal Space Agency reports. AEX.ru

“The landing has been performed in normal mode. The crew of 32nd long-duration mission formed by commander Gennady Padalka (Roscosmos), onboard engineers Sergey Revin (Roscosmos) and Joseph Acaba (NASA) has returned to Earth”, - the agency noted.

The astronauts have spent almost 125 days in space. Soyuz TMA-04M was launched on May 15th 2012 from Baikonur. It was the fourth space-flight of Gennady Padalka, the second one – for Joseph Acaba and the first one – for Sergey Revin.

Soyuz TMA-04M undocked from Poisk research module (MIM2) on 3.09 Moscow time. The ISS-33 crew is having the duty at the ISS. It is formed by Sunita Williams (commander, NASA) and onboard engineers: Yuri Malenchenko (Roscosmos) and Akikhiko Khoshide (JAXA).

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