Former cosmonaut and father of Russian cosmonaut Sergey Volkov, Alexander Volkov, left, waits for the search and rescue teams to open the hatch on the Russian Soyuz TMA-18M spacecraft following touchdown at the landing site March 2, 2016 in Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan. American astronaut Scott Kelly returned with crew mate cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko after completing an International Space Station record year-long mission along with fellow cosmonaut Sergey Volkov who spent six months on the station.


Former cosmonaut and father of Russian cosmonaut Sergey Volkov, Alexander Volkov, left, waits for the search and rescue teams to open the hatch on the Russian Soyuz TMA-18M spacecraft following touchdown at the landing site March 2, 2016 in Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan. American astronaut Scott Kelly returned with crew mate cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko after completing an International Space Station record year-long mission along with fellow cosmonaut Sergey Volkov who spent six months on the station.


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