OREANDA-NEWS. October 24, 2008. Space expedition of the Soyuz TMA-12 crew is over. Sergey Volkov, Oleg Kononenko and space flight participant Richard Garriott arrived at Chkalovsky airport. Health of the crew members is fine. In the airport, the cosmonauts were greeted by Roscosmos top-management, GCTC specialists, mass media and TV companies. Soviet cosmonauts Alexey Leonov and Valentina Tereshkova were also among the people welcoming the crew.

S.Volkov, O.Kononenko and R.Garriott expressed their special gratitude to Rosaeronavigation search and rescue team, which provided prompt rescue and evacuation from the landing site.