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March 11, 2014

American, two Russians back on Earth after half-year in space
Moscow (AFP) March 11, 2014
Two Russian cosmonauts and an American astronaut on Tuesday landed back on Earth in Kazakhstan after a stay of more than half a year aboard the International Space Station, mission control said. Russians Oleg Kotov and Sergei Ryazansky and NASA astronaut Mike Hopkins touched down in their Soyuz capsule at 0324 GMT outside Dzhezkazgan in Kazakhstan. The undocking and landing had initially been postponed due to bad weather but were then allowed to go ahead and mission control said that the landing ... read more

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