Olympic Crew Leaves Space Station, Reaches Finish Line on Earth

Monday, March 10, 2014 - 23:00 in Astronomy & Space

A pair of Russian cosmonauts and a U.S. astronaut left the International Space Station in a Russian Soyuz capsule on Monday and returned to Earth, ending a six-month mission.With former station commander Oleg Kotov at the controls, the Soyuz touched down at 11:24 p.m. ET Monday (9:24 a.m.    

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