Returning To Earth After 167 Days In Space

The Russian Soyuz TMA-14M capsule holding three International Space Station (ISS) crew members is seen above the clouds as it descends beneath a parachute just before landing southeast of Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on March 12. (Reuters/Bill Ingalls)

Cosmonauts Yelena Serova (left) and Aleksandr Samokutayev and NASA astronaut Barry Wilmore (right) sit in chairs outside their Soyuz TMA-14M spacecraft just minutes after they landed in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on March 12. They spent almost six months on the International Space Station. (AFP/Bill Ingalls)

Russia's space agency ground personnel help cosmonaut Yelena Serova after landing.

Personnel from Russia's space agency check the Soyuz TMA-14M capsule shortly after its landing southeast of the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on March 12. A NASA astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts landed safely after a 167-day mission aboard the International Space Station. (Reuters/Vasily Maximov)