Russia's Soyuz brings ISS crew back to Earth Tuesday March 11,2014

NASA, Expedition 38 Flight Engineer Sergey Ryazanskiy of the Russian Federal Space Agency, Roscosmos, left, Commander Oleg Kotov of Roscosmos, center, and, Flight Engineer Mike Hopkins of NASA, sit in chairs outside the Soyuz TMA-10M capsule shortly after they landed in a remote area on March 11,2014 near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan

Hopkins, Kotov and Ryazanskiy returned to Earth after five and a half months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 37 and 38 crews.


Two Russian cosmonauts and an American astronaut have safely returned to Earth aboard a Soyuz space capsule on Tuesday March 11,2014 after spending more than five months on the International Space Station.

NASA astronaut Mike Hopkins and cosmonauts Oleg Kotov and Sergey Ryazansky safely landed in Kazakhstan after a 166-day ISS mission, despite earlier fears of a delay due to severe winter weather conditions.

The mission control center cleared the Soyuz TMA-10m to land at 3:24 GMT.