the first african in space
the crew

Touchdown!

Touchdown!
Mark, Flight Commander Yuri Gidzenko and Italian Roberto Vittori receive a warm welcome from family and friends after landing in the Kazakhstan Desert on Sunday 5 May.
The Cosmonaut's Wife
The Cosmonaut's Wife
Happy smile
Happy smile
From Russia with love
From Russia with love
SA rocks!
SA rocks!
Giving encouragement
Giving encouragement
Family gathering
Family gathering
Getting ready
Getting ready
Looking regal
Looking regal
Exciting stories
Exciting stories
Proud Dad
Proud Dad
With open arms
With open arms
Back down to Earth
Back down to Earth
Take a seat
Take a seat
Extraction
Extraction
Too hot to handle
Too hot to handle
Coming in to land
Coming in to land
Kodak moment
Kodak moment
Mark of respect
Mark of respect
Vital signs
Vital signs
 
Landing Countdown to 05:51 05 May

Landing Complete!

The Team
Mark Shuttleworth
Dale Cupido
Karen Sharwood
Lara Keytel
Danie Barry
Freddy Khan
Vaughan Oosthuizen
Ravi Naidoo
Vuyo Dwane
Richard Mills
Nicolette Cronje
Wayne Derman
Peter Ribton
touchdown!
home
photos of earth
soyuz training
meetings
after the mission
weightlessness
black sea training
bolshoi unsorted gallery
star city
russian sights
people
medical testing
space technology
international space station
winter survival training
crew photographs
science
photo of the day gallery
touchdown!
before the launch
Gallery Highlights

Church of Jesus Christ

Zero-G Heart Rate Data

Next-generation Soyuz TMA Cockpit

Mig-25 Afterburners