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The 11th, XNUMXth crew and the visiting Italian astronaut. Photo: NASA TV
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01: 13 Update
A Soyuz spacecraft that carried the tenth crew of the space station landed safely and without any problems in Kazakhstan exactly at the designated time of 01:08 Israel time. The spacecraft landed about 85 kilometers north of the city of Arkalik in Kazakhstan.
For more information on Space.com
01: 00 Update
The Soyuz spacecraft is on its way to landing. At 00:17 Israel time (21:17 GMT) cosmonaut Sharipov activated the Soyuz engines for 4 minutes and 23 seconds for landing maneuvers.
The spaceship is supposed to land in these minutes in Kazakhstan.
Space.com adds that the spacecraft's parachute opened successfully and that rescue helicopters have located the expected landing site and are on their way there. The rescue team members are in direct contact with the astronauts in the Soyuz.
23: 00 Update
The tenth crew of the space station together with the Italian astronaut who arrived about two weeks ago together with the 11th crew, set off on their way back to Earth.
The three left the station on Sunday 24/4/05 at 18:44 GMT (21:44 Israel time). Landing in Kazakhstan is expected at 2208 GMT (01:08 on Monday).
The science site will come back and update in the morning in the hope that everything will go well.
Previous update, from Friday
On Friday, members of the space station's 11th crew handed over command of the station to XNUMXth crew commander Sergei Kryklav and science officer John Phillips. The change-of-shift ceremony was performed days before members of the XNUMXth crew, Commander Leroy Chiao and flight engineer Selizian Sharipov are scheduled to leave the station.
Kryklav and Phillips arrived at the station on April 16 aboard the Soyuz TMA spacecraft, bringing with them European Space Agency astronaut Roberto Vittori from Italy.
While Chiao and Sharipov reported to the following crew members about the station's condition, Vittori performed a series of scientific experiments.
The members of the tenth team will return to Israel tomorrow, Sunday, aboard the Soyuz TMA spacecraft with which they arrived at the station. Vittori will join them. They are supposed to leave the station on Sunday at 21:41 Israel time and dock about three and a half hours later in Kazakhstan.
(The NASA website gave the times according to Eastern Time in the USA and I translated them to Israeli time. A.B.)
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