Soyuz craft undocks for return to Earth
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A Soyuz craft left its docking port at the international space station on Sunday, starting a return trip to Earth with two Russian cosmonauts and Malaysia's first space traveler aboard.
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NASA planned to undock the space shuttle Discovery from the International Space Station on Tuesday after an eventful mission that included a crucial rewiring and the retraction of a stubborn solar array.
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A Soyuz capsule made a soft landing in  complete darkness in the steppes of Kazakhstan early on Sunday,  bringing a U.S.-Russian space trio back to Earth from the  International Space Station.
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A Russian Soyuz capsule carrying a US-Russian crew back to Earth following six months at the international space station hurtled through the Earth&#39;s atmosphere and landed in Kazakhstan Saturday evening.
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American astronaut Michael Fincke speaks at a news conference in Star City near Moscow, Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2004. The newly-returned crew of the International Space Station said Monday that they accomplished
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A Soyuz capsule made a soft landing in complete darkness in the steppes of Kazakhstan early on Sunday, bringing a US-Russian space trio back to Earth from the International Space Station.
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Two astronauts unhooked a 35,000-pound girder from the international space station today.
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By JUAN A. LOZANO HOUSTON - The space shuttle Atlantis undocked from the international space station Tuesday for its trip back to Earth, concluding a nearly 10-day stay that included construction work and a computer meltdown.
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Russian rescue workers help astronauts get out of the Soyuz escape capsule after Russian cosmonauts Gennady Padalka, Yuri Shargin, and American NASA astronaut Mike Fincke from international space station were parachuted near the town of Arkalyk in north
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MOJAVE, California A test pilot returned successfully to Earth on Wednesday after a foray into space that was marked by a white-knuckle ascent in which his rocket ship rolled at least 16 times in about 16 seconds and he had to fight to regain control.
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Atlantis returns to Earth after spacewalks and concerns of debris hitting the spacecraft
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - Shuttle Discovery astronauts undocked their craft from the International Space Station on Tuesday and prepared to begin the journey home to Earth.
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A Russian Soyuz capsule carrying a U.S. astronaut and two cosmonauts is set to return to Earth on Sunday, landing in darkness by parachute in the barren steppe of northern Kazakhstan.
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A Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying two Russian cosmonauts and one American astronaut has reached orbit, after blasting off from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
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ARKALYK, Kazakhstan  - A Russian Soyuz capsule  carrying a U.S. astronaut and two cosmonauts is set to return  to Earth on Sunday, landing in darkness by parachute in the  barren steppe of northern Kazakhstan.
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ARKALYK, Kazakhstan A US-Russian space crew is preparing to leave the International Space Station and return to Earth, ending a six-month mission.
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American astronaut Mike Fincke and Russian commander Gennady Padalka descended to Earth in remote Kazakstan late Saturday aboard a Soyuz space capsule.