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Image: Soyuz TMA-20 capsule descends toward landing

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Description: The Soyuz TMA-20 spacecraft is seen as it glides to a landing with Russian cosmonaut Dmitry Kondratyev, Expedition 27 commander, and two flight engineer crewmates – Paolo Nespoli of the European Space Agency and Cady Coleman of NASA – in a remote area southeast of the town of Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, May 24, 2011 (local time or May 23 in USA time zones). The three are returning from more than five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 26 and 27 crews.
Title: Soyuz TMA-20 capsule descends toward landing
Credit: http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/station/crew-27/html/201105240012hq.html
Author: NASA/Bill Ingalls
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