Space crew lands safely

2003 - Three astronauts landed safely on the Kazakh steppe after blasting back from the International Space Station, but then had to endure the frustrations of bad weather back on earth. The Soyuz capsule carrying the trio - a Russian, an American and a Spaniard - made what a Nasa spokesman called a “dream landing” in Arkalyk. But when they were being transported by helicopter to Astana bad weather closed in near the Kazakh capital.