Photos of Mikhail Kornienko’s Field Test after Return from a ‘Year in Space’

Hooked up to plenty of instruments, a group of three returning spacemen were put through their paces just minutes after their eventful return from space earlier in the week in a quest to collect data for future long-duration missions taking humanity to distant targets.

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Yearlong Space Mission to Wrap Up with Soyuz Landing Tuesday Night

Three International Space Station crew members are on the eve of their return to Earth aboard the Soyuz TMA-18M spacecraft, aiming for a parachute-assisted landing in the snow-covered steppe of Kazakhstan Tuesday night.

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Soyuz TMA-17M Undocks from ISS to set sail for Nighttime Return of three Crew Members

Three International Space Station residents departed the orbiting complex on Friday to start their return journey towards a rare nighttime landing of the Soyuz spacecraft on the steppe of Kazakhstan.

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