A Russian Soyuz capsule with two Russian cosmonauts and a U.S. space tourist aboard landed safely in Kazakhstan as scheduled on Friday.
The capsule returned at about 9:37 a.m. (0337 GMT), and the two Russian crew, Sergei Volkov and Oleg Konon, felt fine, said Russian Mission Control spokesman Valery Lyndin.
The TV channel of U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration(NASA) called the on-target landing flawless.
NASA also said Russian helicopters had arrived at the landing site of the capsule in north-central Kazakhstan to fetch the crew.
U.S. millionaire Richard Garriott, aged 47 and son of a former astronaut with NASA, paid some 30 million U.S. dollars for the journey. He is world's sixth space tourist and also the first American to follow a parent into space.
A Russian Soyuz TMA-13 spacecraft is set on its launch pad on the Baikonur cosmodrome Oct. 10, 2008. U.S. space tourist Richard Garriott, Russian cosmonaut Yury Lonchakov and U.S. astronaut Michael Fincke are scheduled to fly to the International Space Station on Oct. 12, 2008
U.S. space tourist Richard Garriott stands in front of a space capsule during a training session in the Star City space centre outside Moscow Sept. 19, 2008. Garriott, U.S. astronaut Michael Fincke and Russian cosmonaut Yury Lonchakov fly to the International Space Station (ISS) in a Soyuz TMA-13 spacecraft in October
A Russian Soyuz space capsule carrying cosmonauts Sergei Volkov and Oleg Kononenko and U.S. space tourist Richard Garriott lands not far from the the Kazakh town of Arkalyk in northern Kazakhstan October 24, 2008
A Russian Soyuz space capsule carrying cosmonauts Sergei Volkov and Oleg Kononenko and U.S. space tourist Richard Garriott lands not far from the the Kazakh town of Arkalyk in northern Kazakhstan October 24, 2008
Ground crew members helps U.S. space tourist Richard Garriott shortly after the landing of the Russian Soyuz space capsule near Arkalyk, in north-central Kazakhstan Friday, Oct. 24, 2008. A Soyuz capsule carrying a Russian-American crew has touched down on target in Kazakhstan after a descent from the international space station, safely delivering the first two men to follow their fathers into space
Preparations for launching Russia's Soyuz TMA-13 spaceship that will carry a new crew to the international space station are under way in an assembly shop at the Russian leased Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Thursday, Oct. 9, 2008. The rocket is scheduled to blast off on Sunday, October 12
Preparations for launching the Russian Soyuz TMA-13 spaceship that will carry a new crew to the international space station are under way in an assembly shop at the Russian leased Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Thursday, Oct. 9, 2008. The rocket is scheduled to blast off on Sunday, October 12
The Russian Soyuz TMA-13 spaceship is being prepared for launch, to carry a new crew to the international space station in an assembly shop at the Russian leased Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Thursday, Oct. 9, 2008. The rocket is scheduled to blast off on Sunday, October 12
A policeman leads the Russian Soyuz TMA-13 spacecraft to its launch pad at Baikonur cosmodrome Oct. 10, 2008. U.S. space tourist Richard Garriott, Russian cosmonaut Yury Lonchakov and U.S. astronaut Michael Fincke are scheduled to fly to the International Space Station on Oct. 12, 2008
The Russian Soyuz TMA-13 spacecraft is set on its launch pad on Baikonur cosmodrome Oct. 10, 2008. U.S. space tourist Richard Garriott, Russian cosmonaut Yury Lonchakov and U.S. astronaut Michael Fincke are scheduled to fly to the International Space Station on Oct. 12, 2008
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