expedition thirty three crew with them sunny williams from the usa. from japan and europe go from russia now you know making it from space to earth is an exact science but it's never routine in fact let me tell you a little bit about what happened the undocked about two twenty six am moscow time fire the rockets at four fifty eight which brought in nearly just under an hour long process of fall to the earth through the atmosphere from about sixty three miles in the earth's surface in a rare pre-dawn in the dark landing in the cosmic sun. where it's extremely cold and there is snow on the ground and that landing happened at about five fifty three moscow time now what happens is when that capsule hits the ground it launches a series of ground vehicles about twelve helicopters and three fixed wing aircraft to go looking for the crew they have now been recovered and are safely back and earth after one hundred twenty seven days in space well in space they did educational level as well as scientific and medical experiments they even did maintenance on what

has landed safely and it has brought with the expedition thirty three crew with them sunny williams from the usa. and yuri malenchenko from russia. making it from space to earth is an exact science but it's never routine and nearly just under an hour long process of fall to the earth in a rare pre-dawn in the dark a landing in the. step where it's extremely cold and there is snow on the ground when that capsule hits the ground it launches a series of ground vehicles about twelve helicopters and three fixed wing aircraft to go looking for the crew they have now been recovered and are safely back and earth after one hundred twenty seven days in space while in space they did educational as well as scientific and medical experiments they even did maintenance on what is a space aquarium with actual fish in space and they docked with a commercial spacecraft as well as performed at three different space walks so never dull moment always something to do up there in space at the international space station. to some other international news now in brief a powerful blast outside a mosque in the pak

sunny and warmer into the weekend. it's the way it looks. >> thanks. >>> good news. earlier crashes northbound has the prince williamu travel the beltway eastbound. >> thank you. news 4 is working for you on this election day. before you vote, see our voting on >>> we're back now with more of "today" on a tuesday morning. it's the 6th day of november, 2012. yes, that makes it election day 2012. as you come from the sky and take a look down at the skating rink, what was normally rockefeller plaza, now it's democracy plaza on this election day. just across the street, kathy corner there, studio 1a. i'm matt lauer along with savannah guthrie. nice people stopping by on a chilly november morning here in new york city. we're happy they joined us, and a lot of people waking this up morning to go out and vote early. a polling place in cincinnati, ohio. of course, that could be the swing state of all swing states, and people already at it voting there this morning and down in florida, another very key battleground state. we've got voting going on there as well. >> a lot of wet weather down there. >> that's right. >> and we'