A Russian space capsule landed about 420 km off course in Kazakhstan on Saturday but South Korea's first astronaut and the other two crew were safe. The Soyuz capsule landed west of the target area and about 20 minutes late after it made a "ballistic landing", which is much steeper than normal, officials said. Rescue helicopters rushed to the scene.
"The capsule landed with an overshoot. Such things happen," said mission control spokesman Valery Lyndin.
He said the crew had begun leaving the capsule, which carried Yi So-yeon, a 29-year old nanotechnology engineer from Seoul, US commander Peggy Whitson and Russian flight engineer Yuri Malenchenko.....read more
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