The Soyuz TMA-01M spacecraft undocked from the MIM-2 module of the International Space Station on March 16, 2011, at 07:27 Moscow Time, (04:27 GMT). After the spacecraft reached a distance 50 meters from the station, Aleksandr Kaleri was planned to conduct a five-minute test of maneuvering the spacecraft under manual control. The vehicle would then depart the vicinity of the station.
The braking maneuver to leave the orbit was planned for 10:03:17 Moscow Time and the separation of the crew module from habitation compartment and service module at 10:27:57 Moscow Time with projected landing at 10:53 Moscow Time, 86 kilometers north of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan.
The Soyuz TMA-01M did land as scheduled on March 16, 2011, at 10:54 Moscow Time in the snow-covered steppe north of the town of Arkalyk in Kazakhstan after 159 days in space. Rescue personnel found the crew capsule on its side with the parachute still attached to the vehicle.
Station crew returns home
