May 13, 2013

Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1100 jbuck@nasa gov

Jay Bolden Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 jay e bolden@nasa gov

RELEASE: 13-140

SPACE STATION EXPEDITION 35 ASTRONAUTS LAND SAFELY IN KAZAKHSTAN, EXPEDITION 36 BEGINS

WASHINGTON -- Three members of the International Space Station Expedition 35 crew undocked from the orbiting laboratory and returned safely to Earth Monday, May 13, wrapping up a mission lasting almost five months The departure marks the beginning of Expedition 36

Space station Commander Chris Hadfield of the Canadian Space Agency, Soyuz Commander Roman Romanenko of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) and NASA Flight Engineer Tom Marshburn undocked their Soyuz TMA-07M spacecraft from the space station at 7:08 p m EDT They landed southeast of Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, about 10:31 p m (8:31 a m May 14, Kazakh time)

Hadfield, Romanenko and Marshburn traveled almost 62 million miles while completing 2,336 orbits of Earth The trio arrived at the station Dec 21 and spent 146 days in space, 144 of which were aboard the station

Pavel Vinogradov of Roscosmos is in command of Expedition 36 He is joined by NASA Flight Engineer Chris Cassidy and Russian cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin That trio will work aboard the station until three additional crew members, including NASA astronaut Karen Nyberg, arrive May 28

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For more information about the International Space Station and its crew, visit:

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