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Sunday, July 1, 2012
ISS Expedition 31 Crew Lands Safely in Kazakhstan - YouTube
Expedition 31 Commander Oleg Kononenko, NASA Flight Engineer Don Pettit and European Space Agency Flight Engineer Andre Kuipers landed safely on the steppe of Kazakhstan near the town of Dzhezkazgan on July 1, 2012, after bidding farewell to the Expedition 32 crew and undocking their Soyuz TMA-03M spacecraft from the International Space Station.
ESA Astronaut André Kuipers Returns to Earth from ISS
He landed in the steppes of Kazakhstan at 08:14 GMT after 193 days in space.
André conducted many scientific experiments during his six-month PromISSe mission on the International Space Station.
In addition to his scientific workload, André carried out maintenance and operational tasks. Highlights included receiving ESA’s Automated Transfer Vehicle Edoardo Amaldi cargo ferry and docking the first commercial spacecraft, Dragon.
For further information, please visit: www.esa.int/esaCP/SEMZAO1VW3H_index_0.htmlCredits: ESA–S. Corvaja, 2012
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