http://www.physorg.com/news112195905.html
(AP) – A technical glitch sent a Soyuz spacecraft on a wild ride home Sunday, forcing Malaysia’s first space traveler and two Russian cosmonauts to endure eight times the force of gravity before their capsule landed safely.
Soyuz Craft Lands Short of Destination
By SERGEI PONOMAREV, Associated Press Writer
Malaysia’s first space traveler Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor gestures arriving in the town of Kustanai in north-central Kazakhstan, Sunday, Oct. 21 2007, shortly after landing on board of a Soyuz spacecraft with two Russian cosmonauts. Malaysia’s first space traveler and two Russian cosmonauts endured high gravitational overloads Sunday when a technical glitch sent their Soyuz spacecraft on a steeper-than-normal ride back to Earth, but they landed safely and were feeling fine, officials said.(AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)
8 Gs? Wow. I bet this was a bunch of fun.
