Richard Garriott, a US video game magnate who paid US$35 million (S$52.49 million) for his 12-day space adventure, came back from the International Space Station alongside Russian cosmonauts Sergei Volkov and Oleg Kononenko.

Charred black from its fiery re-entry into Earth's atmosphere, the craft landed in the steppes of central Kazakhstan as planned.

--Reuters

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