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Expedition 20 crew the ISS landed safely in Kazakhstan

Astana, Kazakhstan - Together with space tourist Guy Laliberte

Commander Gennady Padalka and Flight Engineer Michael Barratt, members of Expedition 20 to the ISS (International Space Station), and Canadian spaceflight participant Guy Laliberte, founder of the "Cirque du Soleil", have returned to Earth, landing in Kazakhstan in their Soyuz TMA-14 spacecraft. Padalka and Barratt stayed aboard the orbiting laboratory for 197 days. The duo arrived at the station...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1110066
Rome, Italy, 10/12/2009 13:29
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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