Expedition 27 Crewmembers Bid Farewell

ISS027-E-036359 (23 May 2011) --- NASA astronaut Cady Coleman and European Space Agency astronaut Paolo Nespoli, both Expedition 27 flight engineers, wave as they make preparations to board the Soyuz TMA-20 spacecraft that will return them, along with Russian cosmonaut Dmitry Kondratyev (out of frame), commander, to Earth. The Soyuz undocked at 5:35 p.m. (EDT) from the International Space Station’s Rassvet module. The crew landed safely at 10:27 p.m. southeast of the town of Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan.