Expedition 20 Landing - October 11, 2009
NASA’s capsules landed in the ocean (we have a lot of ocean to choose from in these here United States); the Soviets land in open fields. (The flame seen in the photo is a thruster firing. The capsule is not actually on fire.)
The Soyuz TMA-14 spacecraft is seen as it lands with Expedition 20 Commander Gennady Padalka, Flight Engineer Michael Barratt, and spaceflight participant Guy Laliberté near the town of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan on Sunday, Oct. 11, 2009. Padalka and Barratt are returning from six months onboard the International Space Station, along with Laliberté who arrived at the station on Oct. 2 with Expedition 21 Flight Engineers Jeff Williams and Maxim Suraev aboard the Soyuz TMA-16 spacecraft. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
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