epa03477215 The International Space Station (ISS) crew member US astronaut Sunita Williams, after landing near the town of Arkalyk in northern Kazakhstan, 19 November 2012. Soyuz TMA-05M spacecraft landed, carrying Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko , US astronaut Sunita Williams and Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide. EPA/MAXIM SHIPENKOV/POOL
epa03477210 THE Soyuz TMA-05M spacecraft after landing near the town of Arkalyk in northern Kazakhstan, 19 November 2012. The Soyuz space capsule returned to Earth the International Space Station (ISS) crew members Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko, US astronaut Sunita Williams and Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, EPA/MAXIM SHIPENKOV/POOL
epa03477215 The International Space Station (ISS) crew member US astronaut Sunita Williams, after landing near the town of Arkalyk in northern Kazakhstan, 19 November 2012. Soyuz TMA-05M spacecraft landed, carrying Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko , US astronaut Sunita Williams and Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide. EPA/MAXIM SHIPENKOV/POOL
epa03477216 The International Space Station (ISS) crew members Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko (C), US astronaut Sunita Williams (R) and Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide (L), after landing near the town of Arkalyk in northern Kazakhstan, 19 November 2012. EPA/MAXIM SHIPENKOV/POOL
epa03477217 Ground personnel carry the International Space Station (ISS) crew member Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide (C) shortly after landing near the town of Arkalyk in northern Kazakhstan, 19 November 2012. Soyuz TMA-05M spacecraft landed, carrying Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko , US astronaut Sunita Williams and Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide. EPA/MAXIM SHIPENKOV/POOL
epa03477220 The Soyuz TMA-05M spacecraft is seen shortly after it landed with Expedition 33 Commander Sunita Williams of NASA and Flight Engineers Akihiko Hoshide of JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency), and Yuri Malenchenko of ROSCOSMOS (Russian Federal Space Agency) in a remote area near the town of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan, 19 November 2012. Williams, Hoshide and Malenchenko returned from four months onboard the International Space Station. EPA/NASA/Bill Ingalls MANDATORY CREDIT: NASA/Bill Ingalls HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY
epa03477284 Ground personnel carry the International Space Station (ISS) crew member US astronaut Sunita Williams (C) shortly after landing near the town of Arkalyk in northern Kazakhstan, 19 November 2012. Soyuz TMA-05M spacecraft landed, carrying Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko , US astronaut Sunita Williams and Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide. EPA/MAXIM SHIPENKOV/POOL
epa03477285 The Soyuz TMA-05M spacecraft after landing near the town of Arkalyk in northern Kazakhstan, 19 November 2012. The Soyuz space capsule returned to Earth the International Space Station (ISS) crew members Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko, US astronaut Sunita Williams and Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide. EPA/MAXIM SHIPENKOV/POOL
epa03477287 Ground personnel carry the International Space Station (ISS) crew member Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko shortly after landing near the town of Arkalyk in northern Kazakhstan, 19 November 2012. Soyuz TMA-05M spacecraft landed, carrying Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko , US astronaut Sunita Williams and Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide. EPA/MAXIM SHIPENKOV/POOL
epa03477286 Ground personal help the International Space Station (ISS) crew member Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide out of the Soyuz space capsule shortly after landing near the town of Arkalyk in northern Kazakhstan, 19 November 2012. Soyuz TMA-05M spacecraft landed, carrying Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko , US astronaut Sunita Williams and Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide. EPA/MAXIM SHIPENKOV/POOL
epa03477298 Ground personnel carry the International Space Station (ISS) crew member Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide shortly after landing near the town of Arkalyk in northern Kazakhstan, 19 November 2012. Soyuz TMA-05M spacecraft landed, carrying Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko , US astronaut Sunita Williams and Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide. EPA/MAXIM SHIPENKOV/POOL(Foto Ansa)
ALMATY (KAZAKISTAN) – Tre astronauti della navicella Soyuz sono atterrati in Kazakistan dopo 125 giorni trascorsi sulla Stazione spaziale internazionale (Iss). Si tratta della statunitense Sunita Williams della Nasa, del russo Yury Malenchenko e del giapponese Aki Hoshide, che hanno toccato terra alle 7.56 locali (le 2.56 di notte in Italia). La capsula è atterrata a nordest della città di Arkalyk, a circa 35 chilometri di distanza dal luogo indicato a causa di un ritardo minimo nelle procedure. A bordo della Stazione spaziale internazionale restano tre astronauti, che saranno raggiunti da altri tre colleghi a fine dicembre.
