A Russian space capsule landed about 420km off course in Kazakhstan on Saturday but the three-member crew was safe, an official at the mission control centre said. ”The capsule landed with an overshoot. Such things happen,” said mission control spokesperson Valery Lyndin. It landed about 20 minutes past its scheduled time.
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/ 5 November 2007
The United States space shuttle Discovery successfully undocked from the International Space Station (ISS) early on Monday to begin a journey back to Earth, space officials said. After saying goodbye and closing the hatches, Discovery crew members smoothly sailed away from the ISS at 10.30am GMT.