Last month's botched landing of a Russian capsule returning from the international space station was caused when an equipment module failed to separate from the capsule on time, a Russian space official said Wednesday.
The Soyuz TMA-11 craft carrying U.S. astronaut Peggy Whitson, Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko and South Korean bioengineer Yi So-yeon landed hundreds of kilometers off course when it bounced onto the steppes of northern Kazakhstan April 11.
The three were subjected to severe G-forces, communications were disrupted and Russian officials said they had been in serious danger during the descent.
Alexei Krasnov, who heads Russia's …
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