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Orbited Earth 3,520 Times – And Home for Cake: NASA Astronaut’s Epic Return
After over seven months in orbit, astronauts Don Pettit, Alexey Ovchinin, and Ivan Vagner have returned to Earth aboard the ...
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Three NASA, Russian Space Station Crew Return To Earth
HOUSTON—Russia's Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft with NASA astronaut Don Pettit and cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner ...
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Shocking impact of 220 days in space as NASA's oldest astronaut returns to Earth on 70th birthday
Taking to Twitter to confirm the 70-year-old's safe return to Earth, NASA wrote: "Home sweet Houston. @NASA_Astronauts Don ...
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NASA's oldest astronaut marks 70th birthday with epic return to Earth
A cake, gifts and a low-key family celebration may be how many senior citizens envision their 70th birthday. But NASA's ...
A Soyuz capsule with 2 Russians and 1 American returns to Earth from the International Space Station
A Soyuz capsule carrying two Russians and one American from the International Space Station landed Sunday in Kazakhstan, ...
NASA astronaut lands back on Earth on his 70th birthday
Following a seven-month stay aboard the International Space Station (ISS), NASA astronaut Don Pettit and two Russian ...
A Soyuz capsule with U.S. astronaut, two Russian cosmonauts returns to Earth from the International Space Station
A Soyuz capsule carrying two Russian cosmonauts and one American astronaut safely landed Sunday in Kazakhstan, concluding a ...
NASA's oldest active astronaut returns to Earth on 70th birthday
But NASA's oldest serving astronaut Don Pettit became a septuagenarian while hurtling toward Earth in a spacecraft to wrap up ...
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Katy Perry just became the 1st pop star to sing in space — but Lance Bass, Beyonce, Lady Gaga, Sarah Brightman and Justin Bieber had their chance
But despite being scheduled to launch on Sept. 1, 2015 on a Russian Soyuz rocket, Brightman called the space mission off in ...
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Russia takes an American astronaut to the space station
The Russian Soyuz 2.1a rocket blasted off from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan carrying Kim and Russians Sergei Ryzhikov and Alexei Zubritsky, docking three hours later with the ISS ...
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Russia spacecraft lifts off to ISS with NASA astronoaut, 2 Russian cosmonauts
A Russian Soyuz-2.1a rocket, named the 'Victory Rocket' in honour of the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, launched on Tuesday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to the ...