Reports say that a Russian rocket soyuz carrying three new astronauts carrying cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko, US astronaut Kjell Lindgren and Kimiya Yui of Japan has landed safely at International Space Station on Wednesday at 9.02pm GMT.
The rocket reached the destination in less than six hours and it is expected to begin a five-month mission aboard the station, a US$100-billion laboratory that flies about 400 km above Earth.
The mission had been delayed by two months because of a Russian rocket failure therefore scientists were eager for its successful landing.
Now they will start contributing to study of space explorations at ISS.
Via: [time.com]
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