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RE: Soyuz TMA-16

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Expedition 22 Commander Jeff Williams and Flight Engineer Max Suraev landed their Soyuz TMA-16 spacecraft on the steppes of Kazakhstan Thursday, wrapping up a five-and-a-half-month stay aboard the International Space Station.
Suraev, the Soyuz commander, was at the controls of the spacecraft as it undocked at 4:03 a.m. EDT from the station's Poisk module. The duo landed at 7:24 a.m. at a site northeast of the Kazakh town of Arkalyk.
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Soyuz TMA-16 set for landing - ISS status reviewed for STS-133
A Russian Soyuz spacecraft landed on the north-central steppes of Kazakhstan today, bringing a Russian cosmonaut and an American astronauts back to Earth after 169 days in space -- 167 of which were spent at the International Space Station.
Touch down came at 7:24 a.m. EDT.
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