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Soyuz TMA-20 crew landed in Kazakhstan after 159 days in space (VIDEO)

Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan - Now in Houston to gradually readjust to Earth's gravity

It returned back to Earth without troubles, landing at 10:27 pm EDT (2:27 GMT), in the south-east of Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, the Soyuz TMA-20 spacecraft carrying Dmitry Kondratyev, Cady Coleman and Paolo Nespoli, whom spent 159 days on the ISS, International Space Station, from whose "Rassvet" they had undocked at 21:35 GMT last night. On the last day on ISS of this crew, part of the Expedition...

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Rome, Italy, 05/24/2011 13:00
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