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AP-APTN-0930: Kazakhstan Soyuz 2 Monday, 17 September 2012 STORY:Kazakhstan Soyuz 2- 4:3 Landing of space ship, hatch opening as filmed by recovery team LENGTH: 01:20 FIRST RUN: 0530 RESTRICTIONS: AP Clients Only TYPE: Part Mute SOURCE: NASA TV STORY NUMBER: 859166 DATELINE: near Arkalyk -17 Sep 2012 LENGTH: 01:20 ++QUALITY AS INCOMING++ SHOTLIST: 1. Wide aerial tracking from rescue helicopter showing Soyuz capsule as it descends to ground in Kazakhstan by parachute++MUTE++ 2. Wide of capsule after coming to rest on ground++MUTE++ 3. Mid of capsule on its side with astronauts still inside as rescue personnel arrive on scene in trucks++MUTE++ 4. Mid of rescue personnel pulling on parachute lines of capsule++MUTE++ 5. Close of rescue worker turning bolt on Soyuz capsule hatch, opening it, workers reaching inside; camera moves to capture close of astronauts inside capsule, waving, giving thumbs up STORYLINE: An international three-man crew onboard a Russian-made Soyuz capsule touched down successfully on the cloudless central Kazakhstan steppe Monday morning after 123 days at the International Space Station. NASA's Joe Acaba and Russian colleagues Gennady Padalka and Sergei Revin undocked from the orbiting laboratory, somewhere near Nairobi, Kenya some three and a half hours before touchdown. The size of the three-person complement currently at the space station will be doubled when they are joined next month by US astronaut Kevin Ford and Russians Oleg Novitsky and Yevgeny Tarelkin. Search and rescue teams arrived on scene by helicopter and were accompanied by several chase vehicles. Teams quickly worked to open the hatch of the Soyuz capsule, establish contact with the astronauts inside and begin the process of getting them out. The capsule had rolled onto its side after coming down softly in the flat Kazakh countryside some 85 kilometres (50 miles) north of the town of Arkalyk. With this mission complete, Padalka - the pilot and commander of the mission - becomes the fourth most seasoned space traveller, having spent 711 days in space over four missions. Before being removed, the astronauts could be seen through the hatch waving and giving the thumbs up sign. All three were then removed and left to recline for several minutes by the spacecraft to adjust to gravity before being transported to an on site medical tent for further evaluation. NASA's Sunita Williams took over command at the station Saturday from Padalka, becoming the second woman in history to do so. Williams, veteran Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko and Aki Hoshide of Japan are due to return to Earth in the middle of November. Clients are reminded: (i) to check the terms of their licence agreements for use of content outside news programming and that further advice and assistance can be obtained from the AP Archive on: Tel +44 (0) 20 7482 7482 Email: infoaparchive.com (ii) they should check with the applicable collecting society in their Territory regarding the clearance of any sound recording or performance included within the AP Television News service (iii) they have editorial responsibility for the use of all and any content included within the AP Television News service and for libel, privacy, compliance and third party rights applicable to their Territory. APTN (Copyright 2012 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.) AP-NY-09-17-12 0549EDT