【林說俐╱綜合外電報導】太空官員表示，搭載美國（華裔）太空人盧傑、俄羅斯太空人馬倫臣科和西班牙太空人杜克的俄羅斯聯合號太空船，離開國際太空站三個多小時後，周二上午安全降落在哈薩克沙漠。
「降落十分成功，」美國航太總署發言人羅勃納維亞斯表示，他還說太空人在國際太空站上焦急的同事已經得知降落成功。
「回家真好，」盧傑在三名太空人被趕忙送到一處移動式醫院做檢查前說。
在十天的任務中，杜克進行了不同領域的實驗，包括生命和物理科學、地球觀察、教育和科技等。
馬倫臣科和盧傑則已在國際太空站待了六個月，他們將由在英國出生的美國太空人麥可佛爾和俄羅斯太空人亞歷山大卡雷利接替，一直在太空站停留到二○○四年四月。
A Russian Soyuz vessel carrying US astronaut Edward Lu, Russia's Yuri Malenchenko and Spain's Pedro Duque landed safely in Kazakhstan's desert early Tuesday, more than three hours after leaving the International Space Station, space officials said.
"It was a dream landing," said NASA spokesman Rob Navias, adding that the astronauts' anxious colleagues on board the ISS already knew the landing was successful.
"It is great to be back home," said Lu, before the three astronauts were hustled off to a mobile hospital for tests.
During his 10-day mission Duque carried a series of experiments in the fields of life and physical sciences, Earth observation, education and technology.
Malenchenko and Lu, who spent six months on board the ISS, were replaced by British-born American Michael Foale and Russian Alexander Kaleri, who will stay on board the space station until April 2004.
