"I inform you as the commander - the weather has not improved. The weather is totally unsuitable. We decided not to take any risks," the head of the ISS Russian segment's operations told Russian cosmonaut Oleg Novitsky.
Since October, NASA's Kevin Ford and Russian cosmonauts Oleg Novitskiy and Evgeny Tarelkin have been aboard the orbiting outpost, a $100 billion research laboratory that flies about 250 miles (400 km) above Earth.
Fog and freezing rain at the landing site in Kazakhstan prevented helicopters from setting up for the crew's return to Earth, NASA TV commentary said during live mission streaming.
A spokesman for the Russian space agency Roskosmos said the landing would be pushed back by one day and is now scheduled for 7:06 a.m. Moscow time (0306 GMT).
The crew's descent back to Earth aboard a Russia Soyuz spacecraft will take less than four hours.
In preparation for their departure, Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield took the helm of the space station on Wednesday, becoming the first Canadian to take command of the outpost.
Voice of Russia, IF, Reuters
Source: http://english.ruvr.ru/2013_03_15/Bad-weather-in-Kazakhstan-delays-return-of-3-ISS-astronauts/
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