Happy Landings! Astronauts Return to Earth from Space Station

Expedition 43 Soyuz TMA-15M Landing
The Soyuz TMA-15M spacecraft lands with Expedition 43 commander Terry Virts of NASA, cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), and Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti from European Space Agency (ESA) near Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on June 11, 2015.Bill Ingalls—NASA
Expedition 43 Soyuz TMA-15M Landing
Commander Terry Virts of NASA is helped out of the Soyuz TMA-15M spacecraft just minutes after landing in Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on June 11, 2015.Bill Ingalls—NASA
Expedition 43 Soyuz TMA-15M Landing
Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti rests in a chair outside the Soyuz TMA-15M spacecraft after landing in Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on June 11, 2015.Bill Ingalls—NASA
Expedition 43 Soyuz TMA-15M Landing
Cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov is helped out of the Soyuz TMA-15M spacecraft after landing in Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on June 11, 2015.Bill Ingalls—NASA
Expedition 43 Soyuz TMA-15M Landing
From left: Terry Virts, Anton Shkaplerov, and Samantha Cristoforetti sit outside the Soyuz TMA-15M spacecraft in Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on June 11, 2015.Bill Ingalls—NASA

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