Ground personnel carry International Space Station crew member Gerst of Germany shortly after landing near the town of Arkalyk in northern Kazakhstan

Ground personnel carry International Space Station (ISS) crew member Alexander Gerst of Germany (C) shortly after landing near the town of Arkalyk in northern Kazakhstan November 10, 2014. Veteran Russian cosmonaut Maxim Suraev and two International Space Station crewmates, NASA’s Reid Wiseman from the United States and Gerst from Germany, returned safely to Earth on Sunday with a parachute landing of their Soyuz capsule in Kazakhstan, ending 5-1/2 months in orbit. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov (KAZAKHSTAN – Tags: SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)