The Soyuz spacecraft returned safely to the Olympic torch

Russia's Soyuz spacecraft on 11 November brought three astronauts back after a mission lasting 166 days, and carrying the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympic torch back to earth from the International Space Station (ISS) after a walk in the historical space.

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Soyuz TMA-09M returns safely in Kazakhstan - (Photo: AFP)

The Soyuz TMA-09M carries three astronauts including Fyodor Yurchikhin (of the Russian Federal Space Agency - Roscosmos), Karen Nyberg (US Space and Aeronautics Agency - NASA) and Luca Parmitano (European Space Agency) Europe - ESA) landed in the prairies of Kazakhstan at 9:49 am 11/11 (VN time).

According to AFP, the Olympic torch, which was not lit in its space travel journey due to the prevention of incidents on ISS and the lack of oxygen in space, was safely taken and Roscosmos's staff was taken out. how

Previously, this torch was sent by Soyuz TMA-11M to ISS during a six-hour "express" flight on November 7. And then two days later, it was taken out into space in the iconic walk, first performed in history.

Three Soyuz TMA-09M astronauts are Karen Nyberg (left), Fyodor Yurchikhin (middle) and Luca Parmitano - (Photo: AFP)

Astronaut Fyodor Yurchikhin with the Sochi Olympic torch (February 7-23, 2014 in Russia) - (Photo: AFP)

According to the announcement of Roscosmos, Soyuz TMA-09M's return flight is safe and 3 astronauts are in good condition.

With the return of Soyuz TMA-09M, there are 6 astronauts left on the ISS, in addition to the 3 members of Soyuz TMA-11M, Koichi Wakata (Japanese Space Exploration Agency) Version - JAXA, Mikhail Tyurin (Roscosmos) and Rick Mastracchio (NASA), there are 3 Soyuz TMA-10M ships posted at the end of September, including Oleg Kotov, Sergey Ryazansky (Roscosmos) and Mike Hopkins (NASA) .