Official: Soyuz capsule lands off target

April 19, 2008 By MIKE ECKEL, Associated Press Writer Official: Soyuz capsule lands off target (AP)

Steve Lindsey, Chief of NASA's Astronaut office, left, and Michael Sufferdini, International Station Program Manager, examine a map of central Kazakhstan as they received information at the Arkalyk airport April 19, 2008 on the landing of the Expedition 16 crew in the Soyuz TMA-11 capsule. The Soyuz made a ballistic landing, touching down more then 400 kilometers (260 miles) short of the intended target, but the crew reported by satellite phone to recovery forces that they were in good shape. (AP Photo/NASA/Bill Ingalls)

(AP) -- A Soyuz capsule carrying South Korea's first astronaut landed in northern Kazakhstan Saturday, 260 miles off its mark, Russian space officials said.



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