The Russian Soyuz TMA-11 spaceship returned to Earth on April 19, 2008, after spending six month in space. Although the vehicle landed safely, it suffered a partial separation failure which caused a ballistic re-entry that in turn caused it to land 475 km from the intended landing point.
The astronauts, Yuri Malenchenko from Russia and So-yeon Yi from South Korea were more than exited to feel the ground, though standing on it was too hard for them after spending so many days in a state of weightlessness.
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Peggy Whitson (NASA) was also on board. The soyuz holds 3.
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