Sept 16, 2011

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

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

RELEASE: 11-303

SPACE STATION TRIO LANDS SAFELY IN KAZAKHSTAN

HOUSTON -- Three International Space Station crew members safely returned to Earth Friday, Sept 16, wrapping up a six-month mission of research and exploration

NASA's Ron Garan, Expedition 28 commander Andrey Borisenko and flight engineer Alexander Samokutyaev, both of the Russian Federal Space Agency, landed their Soyuz spacecraft in Kazakhstan at midnight EDT (10 a m in Kazakhstan) The trio, which arrived at the station on April 6, had been scheduled to land on Sept 8, but that was postponed because of the Aug 24 loss of the Progress 44 cargo ship

Before leaving the station, Borisenko handed over command to NASA's Mike Fossum, who leads Expedition 29 He and Flight Engineers Satoshi Furukawa of Japan and Sergei Volkov of Russia are conducting research and maintenance aboard the station The launch date for the remaining Expedition 29 crew members, NASA's Dan Burbank, and Russia's Anatoly Ivanishin and Anton Shkaplerov, is under review

Fossum is blogging about his experiences aboard the space station at:

http://blogs nasa gov

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

http://www nasa gov/station

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