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Honey, I'm Home!
Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
NASA astronaut Jeffrey Williams makes a satellite phone call after returning to Earth on March 18, 2010 to end his six-month mission to the International Space Station. Williams, an American, commanded the station's Expedition 22 mission.
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Russian Soyuz TMA-16
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The Russian Soyuz TMA-16 spacecraft carrying astronaut Jeff Williams and cosmonaut Maxim Suraev is seen undocking from the International Space Station on March 18, 2010 in this photo taken from inside the station by Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi. He l
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The Long Way Home
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The shadow of a contrail behind the Soyuz TMA-16 spaceship returning Expedition 22 astronauts Jeff Williams, mission commander, and flight engineer Maximn Suraev can be seen cutting across the Earth in this view of their re-entry into Earth’s atmosphere o
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Descent
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After safely re-entering Earth’s atmosphere, astronaut Jeffrey Williams of NASA and cosmonaut Maxim Suraev of Russia slowly descend toward Earth under the safety of their main parachute over the snow-covered steppes of Kazakhstan in Central Asia. This vie
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Hang time
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A close-up of the Soyuz TMA-16 spacecraft returning two Expedition 22 spaceflyers from the International Space Station shows their bell-shaped descent module dangling beneath the sturdy lines of their main parachute on March 18, 2010 over Kazakhstan in Ce
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Rolling Like a Tumbleweed
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Just after the Russian Soyuz TMA-16 spacecraft landed on March 18, 2010, strong winds caught its main parachute and dragged it nearly 30 feet along the ground while American astronaut Jeff Williams and cosmonaut Maxim Suraev were strapped inside, waiting
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Touchdown!
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With a jarring “whump!” the Russian Soyuz TMA-16 spaceship carrying Expedition 22 crewmembers Jeffrey Williams and Maxim Suraev touches down in nearly four feet of snow on the frigid, windy steppes of Kazakhstan in Central Asia on March 18, 2010. They spe
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Wait for it...Wait for it
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Just seconds before landing on the snow-covered steppes of Kazakhstan on March 18, 2010, the Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying astronauts Jeffrey Williams and Maxim Suraev home from the International Space Station prepares to fire retrorockets to slow its
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Almost There...
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This seemingly serene scene, taken by a NASA photographer aboard a helicopter in flight, shows the Russian Soyuz TMA-16 spacecraft bringing astronaut Jeffrey Williams and cosmonaut Maxim Suraev home on March 18, 2010. The pair were just minutes from landi
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Waiting for Touchdown
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A recovery helicopter circles the Russian Soyuz TMA-16 spacecraft returning spaceflyers Jeffrey Williams and Maxim Suraev home from a six-month trip to the International Space Station on March 18, 2010 as they landed in Kazakhstan on a snowy, windy day.
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Lines and Bars
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Parallel lines cutting across the steppe of Kazakhstan in Central Asia hint at the presence of residents in the remote region as a Russian Soyuz TMA-16 spacecraft makes its way to Earth on March 18, 2010 to return Expedition 22 crewmembers Jeffrey William
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Ample Fields of White
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Nearly four feet of snow blanketed the landing zone on the frigid steppes of Kazakhstan in Central Asia when the Russian Soyuz TMA-16 spacecraft safely returned to Earth on March 18, 2010 with Expedition 22 astronauts Jeffrey Williams and Maxim Suraev abo
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The Spaceship
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Recovery crews attend to the descent module of the Soyuz TMA-16 spacecraft. The bell-shaped capsule is the only part of the Russian spacecraft that survives the re-entry to Earth during Soyuz landings and successfully returned Expedition 22 crewmembers Je
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Back on Earth
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Expedition 22 commander Jeffrey Williams (left) of NASA and flight engineer Maxim Suraev of Russia smile for photographers after landing on March 18, 2010 in Kazakhstan to end their six-month mission to the International Space Station.
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All Bundled Up
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Russian cosmonaut Maxim Suraev, Expedition 22 flight engineer, smiles as recovery crews assist him following the successful March 18, 2010 landing of his Soyuz TMA-16 spacecraft on the snow-covered steppes of Kazakhstan in Central Asia.
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Commander on Deck!
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Expedition 22 commander Jeffrey Williams, a NASA astronaut, is helped out of his Soyuz TMA-16 spacecraft after landing on the frozen steppes of Kazakhstan in Central Asian on March 18, 2010 to end a six-month spaceflight to the International Space Station
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Copter Crew
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Recovery helicopters wait on snowy landscape to return the Expedition 22 crew back home from the frigid steppes of Kazakhstan in Central Asia after their successful Soyuz TMA-16 landing on March 18, 2010 to end their six-month spaceflight.
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On the Ground
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With rotor blades still whirring, recovery helicopters take center stage in this photo taken as recovery teams prepared to retrieve the two Expedition 22 astronauts who landed on the frozen steppes of Kazakhstan on March 18, 2010.
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Stark Landscape on the Ground
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The vast steppes of Kazakhstan are highlighted in this view of the recovery helicopters on scene to retrieve the Soyuz TMA-16 spacecraft and its two-man crew after their March 18, 2010 landing in Central Asia.
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Goodbye Space
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Two space men, American astronaut Jeff Williams (right) and Russian cosmonaut Maxim Suraev returned to Earth aboard a Russian-built Soyuz spacecraft on March 18, 2010, ending a nearly 6-month mission with a snowy, windy landing. Here, the two men wave far
