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A Russian Soyuz capsule carrying US space tourist Charles Simonyi and two professional astronauts has landed in Kazakhstan, Russian officials say. A Russian Soyuz capsule carrying US space tourist Charles Simonyi and two other crewmembers has landed in Kazakhstan, Russian officials say.
The craft landed at 1116 local time (0716 GMT) as planned, a few hours after undocking from the international space station. The craft touched down at 1116 local time (0716 GMT) as planned, a few hours after undocking from the international space station (ISS).
Mr Simonyi, a former Microsoft executive, is the world's first space tourist to accomplish two missions. Mr Simonyi, a former Microsoft executive, is the world's first space tourist to visit the ISS twice.
His space colleagues were Russian Yuri Lonchakov and American Michael Fincke. Also onboard were cosmonaut Yuri Lonchakov and astronaut Michael Fincke.
"All of the cosmonauts are feeling normal," a spokesman for the Russian mission control centre said. According to the US space agency (Nasa), all three people aboard the spacecraft were "in good condition" after their re-entry and landing.
Mr Simonyi, a software billionaire, is said to have paid $35m for the 11-day trip. Mr Simonyi will be the last tourist to visit the ISS for the forseeable future
The two professional astronauts, who spent six months at the space station, have returned with the results of scientific experiments conducted there. Commander Fincke and Flight Engineer Lonchakov had each spent six months at the space station.
They have returned with the results of scientific experiments conducted there.
The Soyuz rocket blasted off from Kazakhstan's Baikonur cosmodrome on 26 March, ferrying its three-person crew, including Russian Commander Gennady Padalka and US Flight Engineer Michael Barratt, to the ISS.
Padalka and Barratt have remained on the platform, along with Japanese long-stay resident Koichi Wakata who arrived last month on a US space shuttle.
Mr Simonyi, a software billionaire, paid $35m (£24m) for the 11-day trip.
He will be the last space tourist for foreseeable future. Seats on Soyuz craft are needed to service the platform's increased crew complement which is about to rise from three individuals to six.