Veteran cosmonaut departs from International Space Station
by Reuters from on (#M6ER)
Gennady Padalka, who has racked up 879 days in orbit, returns to Earth with two rookie spacemen
A Russian Soyuz capsule carrying the world's most experienced space flier and two rookie crewmates has pulled away from the International Space Station, aiming for a parachute landing in Kazakhstan, a Nasa TV broadcast has showed.
The capsule departed the station at 9.39pm GMT (5.39pm EDT) on Friday and was expected to touch down at 12.51am GMT south-east of Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan early on Saturday.
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