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The 20th crew and the Canadian space tourist landed safely in Kazakhstan

The members of the 20th crew of the International Space Station - Commander Gennady Padalka and the American astronaut Michael Barratt and together with them the Canadian space tourist Guy Laliberta, returned safely to Earth

Michael Barratt, leaving the Soyuz TMA-14 spacecraft in Kazakhstan
Michael Barratt, leaving the Soyuz TMA-14 spacecraft in Kazakhstan

The members of the 20th crew of the International Space Station - Commander Gennady Padalka and the American astronaut Michael Barratt and together with them the Canadian space tourist Guy Laliberta, returned safely to Earth. They landed this morning around 14:XNUMX Israel time in their Soyuz TMA-XNUMX spacecraft in the steppes of Kazakhstan.

Padalka and Boart stayed at the station for 197 days. The team arrived at the station in March and began its service as the station's 19th team. The team later became the 20th team when it grew from three to six and the two were added to it. Padalka served as the commander of these two teams. Laliberta took off on September 20 together with the members of the 21st crew and stayed on station for nine days.

At this time, the three are making their way to the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City in the suburbs of Moscow, where they will be reunited with their families. For Padlaka and Barrett it will also be their first introduction to a gravity environment after six months in space.

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