U.S.-Russian space trio lands safely despite bad weather

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March 11, 2014 at 6:03 AM

The Soyuz TMA-10M capsule is seen shortly after it landed with former ISS commander Oleg Kotov and flight engineers Sergei Ryazansky and Michael Hopkins from NASA onboard in a remote area southeast of the town of Zhezkazgan in central Kazakhstan, March 11, 2014. An American astronaut and two Russians who carried a Sochi Olympic torch into open space landed safely and on time on Tuesday in Kazakhstan, defying bad weather and ending their 166-day mission aboard the International Space Station (ISS). Inside the capsule were former ISS commander Oleg Kotov and flight engineers Sergei Ryazansky and Michael Hopkins from NASA. The trio launched together into space on September 25. (REUTERS/Bill Ingalls/NASA/Handout via Reuters)

Engineers document cargo as it is unloaded from the Soyuz TMA-10M spacecraft after it landed with former ISS commander Oleg Kotov and flight engineers Sergei Ryazansky and Michael Hopkins from NASA onboard in a remote area southeast of the town of Zhezkazgan in central Kazakhstan, March 11, 2014. (REUTERS/Bill Ingalls/NASA/Handout via Reuters)

A Russian MI-8 helicopter is seen through the window of another helicopter at the Karanganda airport, March 10, 2014. (REUTERS/Bill Ingalls/NASA/Handout via Reuters)

Former ISS commander Oleg Kotov (C) and flight engineers Sergei Ryazansky (L) and Michael Hopkins from NASA sit in chairs outside the Soyuz TMA-10M capsule shortly after they landed in a remote area southeast of the town of Zhezkazgan in central Kazakhstan, March 11, 2014. (REUTERS/Bill Ingalls/NASA/Handout via Reuters)

Flight engineer Sergei Ryazansky sits in a chair outside the Soyuz TMA-10M capsule shortly after the landing in a remote area southeast of the town of Zhezkazgan in central Kazakhstan, March 11, 2014. (REUTERS/Bill Ingalls/NASA/Handout via Reuters)

The Soyuz TMA-10M spacecraft landing site is seen from a helicopter after the capsule landed with former ISS commander Oleg Kotov and flight engineers Sergei Ryazansky and Michael Hopkins from NASA onboard in a remote area southeast of the town of Zhezkazgan in central Kazakhstan, March 11, 2014. (REUTERS/Bill Ingalls/NASA/Handout via Reuters)

Flight engineer Sergei Ryazansky of Russia is helped out of the Soyuz TMA-10M capsule shortly after the landing in a remote area southeast of the town of Zhezkazgan in central Kazakhstan, March 11, 2014. (REUTERS/Bill Ingalls/NASA/Handout via Reuters)

A photographer and an operator document the suit worn byAstronaut Michael Hopkins from NASA after the landing of the Soyuz TMA-10M capsule in a remote area southeast of the town of Zhezkazgan in central Kazakhstan, March 11, 2014. (REUTERS/Bill Ingalls/NASA/Handout via Reuters)

US astronaut Michael Hopkins, left, is helped out of a helicopter which brought the International Space Station crew to Karaganda, Kazakhstan, on Tuesday, March 11, 2014, after the landing of the Soyuz TMA-10M capsule. (AP Photo/ Vasily Maximov, Pool)

Russia's space agency ground personnel help Russian cosmonaut Sergey Ryazansky to get off a helicopter which brought the ISS crew to Karaganda, Kazakhstan, Tuesday, March 11, 2014, after the landing of Soyuz TMA-10M capsule. (AP Photo/Vasily Maximov, Pool)

Astronaut Michael Hopkins from NASA talks to his family via a satellite phone as he sits in a chair outside the Soyuz TMA-10M capsule shortly after the landing in a remote area southeast of the town of Zhezkazgan in central Kazakhstan, March 11, 2014. (REUTERS/Bill Ingalls/NASA/Handout via Reuters)

The Soyuz TMA-10M capsule is seen shortly after it landed with former ISS commander Oleg Kotov and flight engineers Sergei Ryazansky and Michael Hopkins from NASA onboard in a remote area southeast of the town of Zhezkazgan in central Kazakhstan, March 11, 2014. An American astronaut and two Russians who carried a Sochi Olympic torch into open space landed safely and on time on Tuesday in Kazakhstan, defying bad weather and ending their 166-day mission aboard the International Space Station (ISS). Inside the capsule were former ISS commander Oleg Kotov and flight engineers Sergei Ryazansky and Michael Hopkins from NASA. The trio launched together into space on September 25. (REUTERS/Bill Ingalls/NASA/Handout via Reuters)

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An American astronaut and two Russians who carried a Sochi Olympic torch into open space landed safely and on time on Tuesday in Kazakhstan, defying bad weather and ending their 166-day mission aboard the International Space Station (ISS).

"We have a landing!" read a huge TV screen at Russia's Mission Control outside Moscow as the descent capsule hit the frozen ground at 0924 (0324 GMT) southeast of the town of Zhezkazgan in central Kazakhstan. (Reuters)

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