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Updated On Nov 22, 2011 04:09 pm IST
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A helicopter crew gets ready at Arkalyk airfield in preparation for the recovery mission of the Soyuz TMA-02M spacecraft with ISS crew of US astronaut Michael Fossum, Russian cosmonaut Sergey Volkov and Japanese astronaut Satoshi Furukawa, near the town of Arkalyk in northern Kazakhstan. Reuters/Shamil Zhumatov
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Wearing Kazakh traditional costumes three astronauts, (L-R) American Mike Fossum, Russia's Sergei Volkov and Japan's Satoshi Furukawa, attend their press conference in Kostanay some hours after their landing in Soyuz TMA-02 capsule near the in northern Kazakhstan. AFP PHOTO / Shamil Zhumatov
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ISS members from left, US astronaut Michael Fossum, Russian cosmonaut Sergei Volkov and Japanese astronaut Satoshi Furukawa smile from inside the Soyuz capsule minutes after they landed near the town of Arkalyk, northern Kazakhstan. Three astronauts, including Japan's Satoshi Furukawa, American Mike Fossum and Russia's Sergei Volkov, landed today safely in the Kazakh steppe aboard a Russian Soyuz capsule after a stay of over five months aboard the International Space Station, Russian mission control said. AP Photo/Sergei Remizov
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Ground personnel carry ISS crew member and Russian cosmonaut Sergei Volkov after landing in a Soyuz capsule near the town of Arkalyk, northern Kazakhstan. AP Photo/Shamil Zhumatov
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A specialist stands on the Soyuz TMA-02M spacecraft after it landed near the town of Arkalyk, northern Kazakhstan. AP Photo/Sergei Remizov
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A picture taken from a helicopter shows Russia's space agency vehicles roll toward a Soyuz TMA-02 capsule shortly after it's landing near the town of Arkalyk in northern Kazakhstan. AFP Photo / Shamil Zhumatov
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Ground personnel help member of the ISS crew Japanese astronaut Satoshi Furukawa to get out off the Soyuz capsule minutes after landing near the town of Arkalyk, northern Kazakhstan. AP Photo/Sergei Remizov
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Russia's space agency ground personnel carry Russian cosmonaut Sergei Volkov shortly after his landing in Soyuz TMA-02 capsule near the town of Arkalyk in northern Kazakhstan. AFP PHOTO / Shamil Zhumatov
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US astronaut Mike Fossum speaks on a satellite phone shortly after his landing in Soyuz TMA-02 capsule near the town of Arkalyk in northern Kazakhstan.. AFP Photo / Shamil Zhumatov
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Ground personnel help member of the ISS crew US astronaut Michael Fossum to get out off the Soyuz capsule minutes after landing near the town of Arkalyk, northern Kazakhstan. AP Photo/Sergei Remizov
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Russia's space agency ground personnel roll a Soyuz TMA-02 capsule after it's landing near the town of Arkalyk in northern Kazakhstan. AFP Photo / Shamil Zhumatov
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