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ISS: Expedition 18 crew has come back

Bajkonur, Kazakhstan - Landed this morning in Kazakhstan together with space tourist Simonyi

Commander Mike Fincke and flight engineer Yury Lonchakov of Expedition 18 to the International Space Station (ISS) landed this morning at 9:16 CET at Bajkonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan with the Soyuz TMA-13 capsule. They have come back after 178 days in Space. Together with them have also come back Space tourist Charles Simonyi that reached the ISS together with the Expedition 19 crew on last 26th...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1102603
Rome, Italy, 04/08/2009 16:14
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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