Undocking and Landing
Expedition 23 commander Oleg Kotov was at the controls of the Soyuz TMA-17 spacecraft as it undocked at 0:04 UTC on June 2, 2010 from the space station's Zvezda module.
The Soyuz TMA-17 crew capsule landed on the steppes of Kazakhstan at 3:25 UTC on 2 June, 2010 wrapping up their stay aboard the space station.
Prior to the landing on May 26, 2010, the orbital altitude of the ISS was lowered by 1.5 kilometers to 345 kilometers to ensure perfect conditions for the re-entry of the Soyuz TMA-17 into the Earth's atmosphere. The orbit of the ISS was adjusted using the four engines on board the Progress M-05M spacecraft.
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