The returned astronauts and cosmonauts report that their stay on the ISS was a success.
Speaking at their first news conference since touching down on the Kazakhstan steppe Sunday morning, Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka and American astronaut Michael Fincke told reporters they were pleased with their work.
"I think we surprised some people, but because of the team work between the ground and among ourselves we got more done than anybody ever hoped for," Fincke said. "We had an unexpected space walk and that took so much time to plan, and even then we more than fulfilled our scientific program."
"The most memorable moment was the space walk, in the interest of the American segment in Russian space suits," Padalka said.
It's all good.
It's All Peachy on Titan
The Cassini craft made its closest fly-by of Titan so far.
The historic flight past Titan occurred at 9:45 a.m. PDT on Tuesday, but the spacecraft cannot collect and send data simultaneously. Scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, must wait until 6:30 p.m. PDT for the spacecraft to start transmitting its data from the moon's surface.
This is one of 45 fly-bys scheduled for Cassini.
- Art Neuro
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