ISS Expedition 35 Touches Down After 61 Days

ISS Expedition 35 with animated NASA Commander Mike Hadfield just made a soft touchdown in lower Mongolia after a 61 day mission.  Expedition 36 arrived today to keep the ISS crew compliment at 6 commanded by Pavel Vinogradov of the Russian Space Agency.  There is no doubt the Russians have their Soyuz flight program working like clockwork.  The image below is of Soyuz 35 in an upright position in the landing zone located on the Mongolian steppes awaiting to be picked up by the Russian Space Agency after the return crew extraction:  Mike Hadfield [NASA], Thomas Mashburn [NASA], and Roman Romanenko [RSA].