“Space Rescue” arrived to the expected landing place “Soyuz TMA-12M» – BFM.Ru

lander on board will return to Earth 40th ISS, to land at 6.25 MSK in Kazakhstan

Construction equipment in anticipation of landing expedition to the ISS Photo: www.mil.ru

Air Force, search tools and rescue the Central Military District (CVO) of profit to calculated the landing place of the descent vehicle “Soyuz TMA-12M” in Kazakhstan 148 km southeast of the town of Dzhezkazgan, the press service of the Defense Ministry. Operational teams to search and evacuation helicopters and all-terrain vehicles with special equipment on board already, and mostly in alternate landing areas.

In the search-and-rescue support landing “Union” was attended by about 200 troops, 14 helicopters involved Mi-8, 3 AN-12 and AN-26, 6 units of motor-vehicles.

On board the ship returns to Earth 40th expedition to the International Space Station (ISS) as part of Alexander Skvortsov, Oleg Artemyev and Steven Swanson. Landing device is scheduled for 6.25 MSK.