Dzhezkazgan, Kazajistán.- Three astronauts were 199 days on the International Space Station landed safely in Kazakhstan after spending in orbit longer than expected.
Terry Virts, astronaut NASA, Samantha Cristoforetti of the European Space Agency and Russian cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov returned to Earth after spending nearly a month longer than originally planned.
The Soyuz capsule in which landed traveled today According to schedule about 145 kilometers (90 miles) southeast of Dzhezkazgan.
The mission lasted longer because of a failure in the launch of a Russian cargo ship in April.
The Soyuz rocket that failed in April was used to launch vessels carrying a crew so that Russian authorities delayed the return of the crew and releases while doing an investigation.
A rocket He launched successfully last week satellite and is expected a new crew departs the station in July.
Agencies AP and EFE .
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