Leap Second Means Longer Saturday
The transition from June to July was delayed by circumstances beyond everyone's control. Time stood still for one second on Saturday evening (June 30) because a "leap second" will be added to let a lagging Earth catch up to super-accurate clocks. [Full Story]NEXT STOP: Space Station Crew Returns to Earth
Soyuz Astronauts Back on Earth
After half a year living on the International Space Station, three astronauts safely returned to Earth Sunday (July 1) aboard a Russian-built space capsule. The Soyuz spacecraft landed on Central Asian steppes of Kazakhstan at 4:14 a.m. EDT (0414 GMT) to return NASA astronaut Don Pettit, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko and Dutch astronaut Andre Kuipers back to their home planet. [Full Story]
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