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Collection:
NASA Human Spaceflight Collection
General Description:
International Space Station Imagery
Description:
JSC2004-E-21253 (30 April 2004) --- Overturned soil can be seen where the Soyuz TMA-3 capsule thrusters fired moments before landing. Astronaut C. Michael Foale (out of frame), Expedition 8 commander and NASA ISS science officer; cosmonaut Alexander Y. Kaleri (out of frame), Soyuz flight engineer representing Russia?s Federal Space Agency; and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Andre Kuipers (out of frame) of the Netherlands, successfully landed in north central Kazakhstan on April 30, 2004, in their Soyuz TMA-3 capsule. Foale and Kaleri completed 195 days in space aboard the International Space Station (ISS), while Kuipers returned after an 11-day research mission as part of a commercial agreement between ESA and Russia?s Federal Space Agency. Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
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Photo-jsc2004e21253
facet_what:
International Space Station (ISS)
facet_where:
Russia
facet_where:
Kazakhstan
facet_where:
Netherlands
facet_who:
Michael Foale
facet_when:
April 30, 2004
facet_when:
30 April 2004
facet_when_year:
2004
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SPD-SPFLT-Photo-jsc2 004e21253
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