Space capsule lands miles off target

A Soyuz capsule carrying South Korea’s first astronaut landed in northern Kazakhstan, several hundred miles off target, a Russian space official said today.

Space capsule lands miles off target
Sat, 19 Apr, 2008 - 11:25

A Soyuz capsule carrying South Korea’s first astronaut landed in northern Kazakhstan, several hundred miles off target, a Russian space official said today.

Mission Control spokesman Valery Lyndin said the Russian TMA-11 craft’s homing beacon was operating and search crews were en route to the site by helicopter and truck.

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