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AMATEUR RADIO IN SPACE: THREE HAMS RETURN TO EARTH
Three astronauts hams have returned safely to Earth after
completing a four month mission aboard the International
Space Station. The Expedition 32 crew made up of American
Flight Engineer Joe Acaba, KE5DAR with Russian Commander
Gennady Padalka, RN3DT, and Flight Engineer Sergei Revin,
RN3BS, undocked their Soyuz TMA-04M spacecraft from the
orbiting space lab at 7:09 p.m. EDT. They landed in
northern Kazakhstan at 10:53 p.m. EDT Sunday night.
The homeward bound Soyuz fired its orbital engines one last
time at 9:56 p.m. The descent module then separated from
the spacecraft and fell through the atmosphere. It then
deployed its parachutes and fired landing engines shortly
before touchdown to soften the impact.
The successful landing wraps up a mission that began on May
17 with the Expedition 32 crew spending 125 days in space.
(ARRL, Southgate, others)
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