Farewell to touchdown: six-and-a-half hours in the Soyuz spacecraft

10.14

Retro rockets fire, slowing the capsule for a 5km/h crash landing

Altitude 70cm

Service

module

Descent

module

Orbital

module

Altitude 10km

Speed 800 km/h

10.00

A series of parachutes deploy, slowing the capsule to 22km/h

As it hits the atmosphere, friction slows the capsule

09.49

Soyuz separates into three parts

Altitude 139km

09.22

Main engine fires for 4min 45sec to pull Soyuz out of orbit, ready for re-entry

06.51

Soyuz undocks and backs away before thrusters fire to move it clear of the ISS

04.00 BST

Farewell. Three crew board Soyuz, put on space suits and enter the descent module

Altitude 400km Speed 28,000 km/h

10.14

Retro rockets fire, slowing the capsule for a 5km/h crash landing

Altitude 70cm

Service

module

Descent

module

Orbital

module

Altitude 10km

Speed 800 km/h

10.00

A series of parachutes deploy, slowing the capsule to 22km/h

As it hits the atmosphere, friction slows the capsule

09.49

Soyuz separates into three parts

Altitude 139km

09.22

Main engine fires for 4min 45sec to pull Soyuz out of orbit, ready for re-entry

06.51

Soyuz undocks and backs away before thrusters fire to move it clear of the ISS

04.00 BST

Farewell. Three crew board Soyuz, put on space suits and enter the descent module

Altitude 400km Speed 28,000 km/h