Three Spaceflyers Return to Earth in Russian Soyuz

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A Russian Soyuz spacecraft landed June 2 in Kazakhstan to return a cosmonaut and two astronauts back home from the international space station after nearly six months in space.rnThe Soyuz TMA-17 spacecraft touched down at about 9:25 a.m. local time on the central steppes of Kazakhstan in Central Asia with Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kotov and two crewmates - one each from the United States and Japan - onboard.rnRecovery crews reported that the Soyuz capsule had tilted on its side after landing, which has happened before, but overall it was a smooth landing, NASA officials said.