Bumpy ride Home for Soyuz Spacecraft
Topic: Technology News
Posted on Sat, 19 Apr 2008 10:54:53 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
The Russian Soyuz spacecraft with the Yi So-yeon, South Korea's first astronaut has returned to Earth, but came down 250 miles of course.
The astronauts are safe, but had to endure hihg G-forces on re-entry.
Besides Yi So-yeon, Yuri Malenchenko from Russia and American Peggy Whitson have been on board.
It is a good thing that Russia has a vast landing area in the Kazakh steppe.
More details on the BBC News. More details about the Soyuz spacecraft can be found on Wikipedia.
Posted on Sat, 19 Apr 2008 10:54:53 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
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