ISS027-E-036385 (23 May 2011) --- Russian cosmonaut Dmitry Kondratyev (left), Expedition 27 commander; European Space Agency astronaut Paolo Nespoli and NASA astronaut Cady Coleman (obscured), both flight engineers, are pictured while closing the hatch to the Soyuz TMA-20 spacecraft that will return them to Earth. The Soyuz undocked from the International Space Station’s Rassvet module at 5:35 p.m. (EDT) on May 23, 2011. The crew landed safely at 10:27 p.m. southeast of the town of Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan.
Photographer Ron Garan
Date May 23, 2011