MOSCOW: The Soyuz TMA-10
craft landed safely in Kazakhstan at 6.37pm Malaysian
time.
The Soyuz was carrying Angkasawan Dr Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor and
Russians - Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin and flight engineer Oleg
Kotov.
According to AP, the Soyuz craft veered off its
designated course while heading for its landing in the steppes of
Kazakhstan.
Russian search and rescue teams quickly located the craft, which
landed just under 340km west of the designated landing site near
Arkalyk, Kazakhstan, Nasa reported on its website.
It said all the three crew members were feeling fine.
The spacecraft's descent deviated from the intended path
apparently due to a computer glitch, and the crew were subjected to
higher than normal gravity load on their descent, Russia's Mission
Control spokesman Valery Lyndin said.
Yurchikhin and Kotov were returning home after a six-month stint
at the international space station. While Dr Sheikh Muszaphar had
been at the orbital outpost since Oct 12.
