"Many Happy Returns" for Space Travelers

Loading...

Alert icon
2,570
Loading...
Alert icon
Alert icon
Loading...

Published on Sep 17, 2012 by

Expedition 32 Commander Gennady Padalka and Flight Engineer Sergei Revin of the Russian Federal Space Agency were greeted at the airport in Kustanai, Kazakhstan, Sept. 17 hours after landing in their Soyuz TMA-04M spacecraft along with NASA astronaut Joe Acaba on the steppe of Kazakhstan northeast of the town of Arkalyk. Acaba, who is not seen in the footage, flew back to Houston on a NASA plane while Padalka and Revin returned to their training base in Star City, Russia, where they were greeted by Russian space officials and family members. The trio completed 125 days in space and 123 days aboard the International Space Station following launch in mid-May.

Category:

Science & Technology

License:

Standard YouTube License

  • likes, 2 dislikes

All Comments (22) see all

Sign In or Sign Up now to post a comment!
  • The "happy birthday, Daddy" part tugged at my heartstrings. Padalka is a really cool guy, it seems. And there is some really beautiful countryside in Kazakhstan and at Star City.

  • Thank you, Spacemen!!.. :)

  • I think you're pretty pathetic if you need $200,000 a year to be happy, when you get to live in space.

  • Welcome back gentlemen.

    I love the different traditions they have over there. The nested dolls painted in the likeness of the astronauts are very cool.

  • Haha 250k is median income? Where do I sign up? I'm an IT professional in Europe with a comfortable wage but I make nowhere near that ^^

    Besides, if you become an astronaut to get rich you're not the guy we want in my book.

  • Man in the thumbnail it kind of looked like he was holding some glowing alien mineral. I am disappoint.

  • an astronaut might not earn as much money as an accountant, but in truth, he is wealthier

  • Money doesn't make you happy, it makes it easier to be happy. I don't think I'd need money to be happy if I worked on the ISS.

  • They get paid by getting to go to space. It's not a job you do for the money.

    I'm sure the money is decent, but most companies need to wave a big pay check in order to attract the right 'employee'. NASA doesn't need to. People would line up to go to space and do it for no pay at all

  • can someone tell me how much an astronaut earns ?

  • Loading comment...
Loading...

Alert icon
1 / 1919 Return to active list
    1. Your queue is empty. Add videos to your queue using this button:
      or sign in to load a different list.
    Loading...Loading...Saving...
    • Return to: Expedition 32
    • More information about this playlist
    • Learn more
    to add this to a playlist