Ground support personnel wait to depart in a helicopter to the landing site of the Soyuz TMA-12M which returned to Earth from the International Space Station carrying Expedition 40 crew members just minutes after landing September 11, 2014 in Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan. Swanson, Skvortsov and Artemyev returned to Earth after more than five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 39 and 40 crews.
Ground support personnel wait to depart in a helicopter to the landing site of the Soyuz TMA-12M which returned to Earth from the International Space Station carrying Expedition 40 crew members just minutes after landing September 11, 2014 in Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan. Swanson, Skvortsov and Artemyev returned to Earth after more than five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 39 and 40 crews.
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