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On Tuesday astronauts from Canada and Belgium and a Russian cosmonaut touched down on the Kazakhstan plains. They worked on the International Space Station during six months.

The Russian Soyuz TMA-15 capsule that had on board Canadian astronaut Bob Thirsk, Russian cosmonaut Roman Romanenko, and Belgian astronaut Frank De Winne landed near town of Arkalyk in Kazakhstan’s barren north.

Parachutes slowed the craft made the letdown at 10:15 a.m. Moscow time.

Russian medical teams came in off-road vehicles to assist the crew to get out of the capsule.

“The landing was very soft; we were lucky not to have any wind, “said Romanenko in televised remarks after he left the capsule. He also added that everything was good and there ere no any problems.

One should note that this flight was considered to be the first for Romanenko. After the crew was driven to Arkalyk, they flew to Moscow later that day.

According to a NASA doctor, the three astronauts felt well after that spent 188 days in space and went back to Earth. The astronauts blasted off to the International Space Station on May 27.

One should note that during the mission NASA, Russia’s Roscosmos, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, the European Space Agency and the Canadian Space Agency worked together in the orbit for the first time.

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