Two Russian cosmonauts and a NASA astronaut returns to Earth – TVNZ

Once in orbit semi watch Russian cosmonauts Alexander Skvortsov and Oleg Artemyev and American astronaut Steven Swanson returns to Earth.

manned spacecraft “Soyuz TMA-12M” undocked from the International Space Station in the normal mode and headed on the blue planet.

«Soyuz TMA-12M” to land about 147 kilometers south-east of the Kazakh town of Zhezkazgan. Around 0530, at an altitude of about 350 kilometers, the engines of the ship will turn on braking. As a result, he will come down from orbit to 06.01 MSK enter the dense layers of the atmosphere and begin a guided descent to Earth “- said the representative of the MCC RIA Novosti.

In place of returning home space researchers will come a new team – cosmonauts Alexander Samokutyayev and Elena Serova and NASA astronaut Barry Wilmore.

In the meantime, work continues on the orbit of Russian cosmonaut Maxim Suraev (crew commander), as well as NASA and ESA astronauts – American Reid Wiseman and Alexander Gerst from Germany (flight engineers ).