Simonyi's Soyuz Returns Safely From Space Station

摘要

A Russian Soyuz capsule carrying U.S. billionaire Charles Simonyi and two professional astronauts home from the international space station landed safely April 8 in Kazakhstan.rnThe flawless landing marked the end of a smooth flight for Simonyi, who paid about $35 million for his repeat 13-day visit to the space station. Simonyi first visited die space station in 2007.rnThe Hungarian-born software executive returned to Earth alongside the station's Expedition 18 commander Michael Fincke of NASA and Russian flight engineer Yury Lonchakov.