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September 11, 2014

Three Russian and American astronauts return to Earth
Moscow (AFP) Sept 11, 2014
Two Russian cosmonauts and an American astronaut returned to Earth on Thursday after spending more than six months working together aboard the International Space Station, as tensions between their countries soared over the Ukraine crisis. American Steven Swanson and Russians Alexander Skvortsov and Oleg Artemyev, who left on March 26, landed in the Kazakh steppe at 0223 GMT aboard a Soyuz capsule, the Russian space agency Roscosmos and its US equivalent NASA said in statements. The trio, who wo ... read more

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