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U.S.-Russia space team lands safely

Mar 12, 2014, 2:12 PM EDT
In this handout provided by NASA, Expedition 38 Commander Oleg Kotov of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) rests in a chair outside the Soyuz Capsule just minutes after he and, Flight Engineer Mike Hopkins of NASA, and, Flight Engineer Sergey Ryazanskiy of Roscosmos (not picture) landed in their Soyuz TMA-10M spacecraft on March 11 near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan.
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The bad weather that greeted the U.S.-Russian astronaut team did not deter them from a safe landing after completing a 166-day mission into open space with a Sochi Olympic torch. The three-person team landed in Kazakhstan.

Background:

U.S.-Russian space trio lands safely despite bad weather [Reuters]

American, two Russians back on Earth after half-year in space [AFP]

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