Expedition 28 Lands Safely at Midnight

Last night, at exactly midnight Eastern time, three spacemen finally completed an 164-day trip in space. At 10am local time, Expedition 28 crew members Andrey Borisenko, Alexander Samokutyaev, and Ron Garan safely landed their Soyuz spacecraft in Kazakstan. While communications were a little sparse during descent, the crew still made a bulls-eye landing.

Of course, I really enjoyed watching the landing last night, and especially because Ron Garan was aboard. Throughout his past five or so months aboard the International Space Station, Garan has kept an active blog on what living in space is like. So I am both happy and sad that he is back on the planet. If you want to read his past articles, go here: www.fragileoasis.org

Below are some videos of the change of command, goodbye's, undocking, and landing back on the green Earth. If you would like to read the NASA article chronicling the landing, click here.

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Expedition 28 Commander Andrey Borisenko hands over command of the International Space Station to Expedition 29 Commander Mike Fossum


Expedition 28 good-byes


Expedition 28 undocking from the International Space Station


Expedition 28 lands safely