This close-up view shows the docking mechanism of the Soyuz TMA-08M spacecraft as it departs from the International Space Station.
ISS037-E-000018 (10 Sept. 2013) — This close-up view shows the docking mechanism of the Soyuz TMA-08M spacecraft as it departs from the International Space Station’s Poisk Mini-Research Module 2 (MRM2) and heads toward a landing in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on Sept. 11, 2013 (Kazakhstan time). Russian cosmonaut Pavel Vinogradov, Expedition 36 commander; along with NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy and Russian cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin, both flight engineers, are ending a five-and-a-half month stay at the space station where they served as members of the Expedition 35 and 36 crews.