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NASA female astronaut back from space
Updated: 2011-05-25 10:00
(Agencies)
Ground personnel carry NASA astronaut Catherine "Cady" Coleman (C) shortly after the landing with Russian cosmonaut Dmitry Kondratyev and European Space Agency Astronaut Paolo Nespoli in the Soyuz TMA-20, southeast of the town of Zhezkazgan May 24, 2011. The Russian Soyuz capsule delivered an international trio of astronauts back to Earth on Tuesday after six months on the International Space Station, parachuting through clear skies toward a safe landing on the Kazakh steppe.[Photo/Agencies] |
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