Soyuz TMA-21 during landing (Credits: NASA/Bill Ingalls).
Andrey Borisenko, Alexander Samokutyaev and Ron Garan minutes after landing (Credits: NASA/Bill Ingalls).
NASA photographer Bill Ingalls took an extraordinary picture of Soyuz TMA-21 gliding to Earth in its parachute with an almost-full-moon in the background. A Soyuz landing is always a joyous moment for a crew, as can be seen in the picture taken minutes after the touchdown. After six months in space, the crew is not used to gravity, and requires help to egress the spacecraft and walk. The ISS is currently under crewed, following the Progress M12-M launch failure of August 24. The next ISS increment is expected to be launched on November 14.
![A trajectory analysis that used a computational fluid dynamics approach to determine the likely position and velocity histories of the foam (Credits: NASA Ref [1] p61).](https://www.spacesafetymagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/fluid-dynamics-trajectory-analysis-50x50.jpg)
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