A Russian space capsule carrying the Sochi Olympic torch and three astronauts has landed safely in Kazakhstan.<br /><br />On board the Soyuz were Russian Fyodor Yurchikhin, American Karen Nyberg and Luca Parmitano of Italy. <br /><br />Slowed by parachutes and braking rockets fired to soften the impact, the landing was described as a bulls-eye touchdown.<br /><br />Earlier the Russian craft had undocked from the International Space Station.<br /><br />The three crew members then spent a few hours of free flight in the Soyuz prior to its de-orbit burn, followed by the landing, bringing an end to their six month mission. <br /><br />During that time much of the attention was on the Olympic torch which had been taken up to the space station for a spacewalk photo opportunity and a quick return to Earth.
