Expedition

Trip back to earth: International crewmen leave space station

Three International Space Station crewmen strapped themselves inside a Russian Soyuz capsule on Sunday and flew away from the orbital outpost on a return trip to Earth, wrapping up a five and half month long expedition.

Scientists to retrace Mawson's century old Antarctica expedition

Scientists will retrace Sir Douglas Mawson's 1911-14 expedition to Antarctica in November, the University of New South Wales (UNSW) announced today.