The German ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst (left) with his crew colleagues Maxim Surayev (centre) and Reid Wiseman (right) in the Soyuz capsule on the evening of 9 November 2014, shortly before setting off for the return trip to Earth. After 165 days in space, the crew touched down in the steppe of Kazakhstan at 04:58 CET (09:58 local time) on 10 November 2014.