Nov 21, 2011

Michael Curie Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 michael curie@nasa gov

Kelly Humphries Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 kelly o humphries@nasa gov RELEASE: 11-394

SPACE STATION TRIO LANDS SAFELY IN KAZAKHSTAN

HOUSTON -- Three International Space Station crew members safely returned to Earth on Monday, wrapping up nearly six months in space during which NASA and its international partners celebrated the 11th anniversary of continuous residence and work aboard the station

Expedition 29 Commander Mike Fossum, Flight Engineers Satoshi Furukawa of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency and Sergei Volkov of the Russian Federal Space Agency landed their Soyuz spacecraft in frigid conditions on the central steppe of Kazakhstan at 8:26 p m CST Nov 21 (8:26 a m Kazakhstan time, Nov 22) The trio arrived at the station on June 9 They spent 167 days in space and 165 days on the complex Volkov, a two-time station crew member, now has accumulated 366 days in space

Before leaving the station, Fossum handed over command to NASA's Dan Burbank, who leads Expedition 30 Burbank and Flight Engineers Anatoly Ivanishin and Anton Shkaplerov of Russia will continue research and maintenance aboard the station

The remaining Expedition 30 crew members, NASA astronaut Don Pettit, European Space Agency astronaut Andre Kuipers, and cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko, are scheduled to launch Dec 21 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome and dock with the station on Dec 23

To follow Twitter updates from Burbank, visit:

http://twitter com/AstroCoastie

To view social media updates from Fossum's mission, visit:

http://twitter com/astro_aggie

and

http://go nasa gov/oZgHtl

For more information about Expedition 29 and the space station, visit:

http://www nasa gov/station

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