[meteorite-list] Expedition 23 Soyuz Just Landed

[Jeff Kuyken]

The bright flash under the capsule are two sets of 3 small engines firing 
one second before touch down to reduce speed!

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The Soyuz TMA-17 spacecraft is seen as it lands with Expedition 23 Commander 
Oleg Kotov and Flight Engineers T.J. Creamer and Soichi Noguchi near the 
town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Wednesday, June 2, 2010. NASA Astronaut 
Creamer, Russian Cosmonaut Kotov and Japanese Astronaut Noguchi are 
returning from six months onboard the International Space Station where they 
served as members of the Expedition 22 and 23 crews. Photo Credit: 
(NASA/Bill Ingalls)