Three astronauts touched down in the dark, chilly expanses of central Kazakhstan onboard a Soyuz capsule today after a 125-day stay at the International Space Station.

Astronauts from Canada and Belgium and a Russian cosmonaut have landed safely in Kazakhstan after a six-month stint on the International Space Station, Russian Mission Control said today.

Brazil’s first man in space landed back on Earth in the freezing Kazakh steppe today after a nine-day visit to the international space station.

A Russian space capsule carrying an Italian, a Russian and an American hurtled safely home to Earth from the International Space Station today, landing softly on the marshy Central Asian steppes in the early-morning darkness.