Russian Soyuz Returns From Space Station Mission

A Russian "Soyuz" spacecraft with three astronauts on board has landed on the steppe of Kazakhstan.

Russia's Mission Control said that Russian Oleg Kotov, NASA's Timothy Creamer, and Japan's Soichi Noguchi arrived near the town of Zhezkazgan in northern Kazakhstan as planned.

They left Earth in December for the 16-nation International Space Station (ISS).

compiled from agency reports