Three astronauts returned to Earth, aboard a Soyuz capsule, safely after a marathon five-month mission. The crew-members landed Tuesday (5/14/13) on the steppes of Kazakhstan.
Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield, American Thomas Marshburn and Russian Roman Romanenko landed as planned without incident.
Hadfield has managed to garner some notice in the entertainment industry as well with his recent rendition of Major Tom which was filmed and recorded aboard the station. ( The five-minute video posted Sunday drew a salute from Bowie's official Facebook page: "It's possibly the most poignant version of the song ever created.") Hadfield, from Milton Ontario is also Canada's first professional astronaut to live aboard the ISS as well as the first Canadian spacecraft commander (he was commander of the ISS while aboard, passing command Sunday before he returned to Earth).
There are still three crew members aboard the ISS. They will be joined by another three astronauts in a couple of weeks.
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