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ISS Expedition 10 Safely Back

Commander and NASA ISS Science Officer Leroy Chiao and Flight Engineer Salizhan Sharipov, the 10th crew of the International Space Station, landed in the steppes of Kazakhstan in their Soyuz spacecraft at 6:08 p.m. EDT Sunday, after more than six months in space.Expedition 10 Commander and NASA Station Science Officer Leroy Chiao and Flight Engineer Salizhan Sharipov landed in central Asia this evening after traveling more than 78 million miles during their mission. Returning with them was European Space Agency Astronaut Roberto Vittori. He spent eight days aboard the Station conducting research.