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Soyuz spacecraft heads to Earth

"The health and mood of the spacecraft crew and the space tourist are good"

07:01 11/10/2009

The Russian manned Soyuz spacecraft carrying Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka, NASA astronaut Michael Barratt and space tourist Guy Laliberte undocked from the International Space Station in the early hours of Sunday and headed for Earth.

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The crew of Expedition 21 to the ISS getting ready for lift-off
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Russia's Soyuz-FG carrier rocket will lift off on Wednesday to deliver a manned spacecraft on a path to the International Space Station (ISS).

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