Yi describes frightening return to Earth

April 21st, 2008 in Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Yi describes frightening return to Earth (AP)

South Korea's first astronaut Yi So-yeon looks on during a news conference in Star City, outside Moscow,Monday, April 21, 2008. A Russian space capsule touched down in Kazakhstan on Saturday after hurtling through Earth's atmosphere in a steeper-than-normal descent, subjecting the three-nation-crew to severe G-forces and landing hundreds of kilometers (miles) off target. Saturday's mission saw the return to Earth of South Korea's first astronaut, Yi So-yeon. She spent 10 days in space before joining U.S. astronaut Peggy Whitson and Russian flight engineer Yuri Malenchenko in the 3 1/2-hour, bone-jarring descent from the international space station. (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze)

(AP) -- South Korea's first astronaut said Monday she was "really scared" when the Russian space capsule she was in made an unexpectedly steep descent to Earth over the weekend.

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