Russia sets space crew's return after crash

Russia said Monday it would return three of the six international crew members on board the International Space Station to Earth later this week despite no immediate plans to send up their replacement. A Russian Mission Control Centre official told RIA Novosti that the two Russians and one NASA astronauts would return on board a Soyuz TMA-21 capsule early Friday. He said their landing in the steppes of the Central Asian republic of Kazakhstan was expected at 0038 GMT. Their return will leave the ISS with a skeleton crew of three in breach of regular practice. More

(Source: AFP - Sep 13)