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Russian manned spaceship returns
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walks out of the the Soyuz capsule. The Soyuz capsule with Russian
cosmonaut Valery Tokarev, U.S. astronaut William McArthur and Brazilian
astronaut Marcus Pontes onboard touched down on schedule at 03:47 Moscow
time (2347 GMT Saturday) about 50 km northeast of the town of Arkalyk, the
Mission Control outside Moscow said. (Xinhua
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BEIJING, April 10 (Xinhuanet)-- Brazil's first astronaut's historic 10-day trip to the International Space Station (ISS) was met with both praise and criticism.
MOSCOW, April 9 (Xinhua) -- A Russian spaceship carrying
the outgoing crew of the International Space Station (ISS) and a Brazilian
astronaut landed in northern Kazakhstan early Sunday, hours after it undocked
with the station.
MOSCOW, April 9 (Xinhua) -- Pontes, a 43-year-old air force officer and Brazil's first astronaut who arrived at the station on April 1 along with a new ISS crew, carried a series of scientific experiments during his nine-day stay on the orbiting laboratory.
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