{"id":16479,"date":"2015-03-12T23:39:09","date_gmt":"2015-03-12T15:39:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/photos-soyuz-landing-craft-touches-down-in-wintry-kazakhstan\/"},"modified":"2015-03-12T23:39:09","modified_gmt":"2015-03-12T15:39:09","slug":"photos-soyuz-landing-craft-touches-down-in-wintry-kazakhstan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/photos-soyuz-landing-craft-touches-down-in-wintry-kazakhstan\/","title":{"rendered":"Photos: Soyuz landing craft touches down in wintry Kazakhstan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A three-member space crew returned to Earth just after sunrise Thursday in Kazakhstan, descending through a sun-splashed sky under an orange and white parachute before dipping through fog for a rocket-cushioned touchdown on the snowy steppes of Central Asia.<\/p>\n<p>Soyuz TMA-14M commander Alexander Samokutyaev, flight engineer Elena Serova and NASA astronaut Butch Wilmore landed at about 0208 GMT Thursday (10:08 p.m. EDT), or around 8:08 a.m. local time in Kazakhstan. The trio concluded a 167-day mission on the International Space Station and appeared in good health and spirits after ground crews extracted them from the landing capsule.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4746\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4746\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-4746\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/16602978078_875260f257_z.jpg\" alt=\"Photo credit: NASA\/Bill Ingalls\" width=\"620\" height=\"620\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/16602978078_875260f257_z.jpg 640w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/16602978078_875260f257_z-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/16602978078_875260f257_z-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4746\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: NASA\/Bill Ingalls<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4747\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4747\" style=\"width: 621px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-4747\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/16604583049_0b649b6057_z.jpg\" alt=\"Photo credit: NASA\/Bill Ingalls\" width=\"621\" height=\"448\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/16604583049_0b649b6057_z.jpg 640w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/16604583049_0b649b6057_z-300x217.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 621px) 100vw, 621px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4747\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: NASA\/Bill Ingalls<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4748\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4748\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-4748\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/16583305827_8368d7447a_k-682x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Photo credit: NASA\/Bill Ingalls\" width=\"620\" height=\"931\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/16583305827_8368d7447a_k-682x1024.jpg 682w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/16583305827_8368d7447a_k-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/16583305827_8368d7447a_k-768x1154.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/16583305827_8368d7447a_k.jpg 1363w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4748\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: NASA\/Bill Ingalls<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4749\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4749\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-4749\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/16170691983_4487bea800_k-825x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Photo credit: NASA\/Bill Ingalls\" width=\"620\" height=\"770\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/16170691983_4487bea800_k-825x1024.jpg 825w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/16170691983_4487bea800_k-242x300.jpg 242w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/16170691983_4487bea800_k-768x954.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/16170691983_4487bea800_k.jpg 1649w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4749\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: NASA\/Bill Ingalls<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4750\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4750\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-4750\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/16789523232_1fa290d58d_z-2.jpg\" alt=\"Photo credit: NASA\/Bill Ingalls\" width=\"620\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/16789523232_1fa290d58d_z-2.jpg 640w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/16789523232_1fa290d58d_z-2-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4750\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: NASA\/Bill Ingalls<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4751\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4751\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-4751\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/16603095728_6415c63fa3_z.jpg\" alt=\"Soyuz flight engineer Elena Serova. Photo credit: NASA\/Bill Ingalls\" width=\"620\" height=\"620\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/16603095728_6415c63fa3_z.jpg 640w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/16603095728_6415c63fa3_z-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/16603095728_6415c63fa3_z-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4751\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Soyuz flight engineer Elena Serova. Photo credit: NASA\/Bill Ingalls<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4752\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4752\" style=\"width: 621px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-4752\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/16789516561_6ab0a96877_z.jpg\" alt=\"Soyuz commander Alexander Samokutyaev. Photo credit: NASA\/Bill Ingalls\" width=\"621\" height=\"621\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/16789516561_6ab0a96877_z.jpg 640w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/16789516561_6ab0a96877_z-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/16789516561_6ab0a96877_z-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 621px) 100vw, 621px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4752\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Soyuz commander Alexander Samokutyaev. Photo credit: NASA\/Bill Ingalls<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4753\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4753\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-4753\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/16789516691_afcf8c173b_z.jpg\" alt=\"Expedition 42 commander Butch Wilmore. Photo credit: NASA\/Bill Ingalls\" width=\"620\" height=\"620\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/16789516691_afcf8c173b_z.jpg 640w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/16789516691_afcf8c173b_z-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/16789516691_afcf8c173b_z-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4753\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Expedition 42 commander Butch Wilmore. Photo credit: NASA\/Bill Ingalls<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><b><i>Follow Stephen Clark on Twitter: @StephenClark1.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A three-member space crew returned to Earth just after sunrise Thursday in Kazakhstan, descending through a sun-splashed sky under an orange and white parachute before dipping through fog for a rocket-cushioned touchdown on the snowy steppes of Central Asia. Soyuz TMA-14M commander Alexander Samokutyaev, flight engineer Elena Serova and NASA astronaut Butch Wilmore landed at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4121,1163,4122,4123,233,1302,4124],"class_list":["post-16479","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-alexander-samokutyaev","tag-butch-wilmore","tag-elena-serova","tag-expedition-42","tag-iss","tag-soyuz","tag-soyuz-tma-14m"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16479"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16479"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16479\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16479"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}