Karaganda airport, Kazakhstan. 11th March, 2014. International Space State Expedition 38 Commander Oleg Kotov of the Russian Federal Space Agency smiles with his gifts of traditional Kazakh clothing and a matryoshka doll during a welcoming ceremony after landing in a Soyuz TMA-10M spacecraft March 11, 2014 held at the Karaganda airport, Kazakhstan. Hopkins, Kotov and Ryazanskiy returned to Earth after five and a half months onboard the International Space Station. Credit: Planetpix/Alamy Live News


International Space State Expedition 38 Commander Oleg Kotov of the Russian Federal Space Agency smiles with his gifts of traditional Kazakh clothing and a matryoshka doll during a welcoming ceremony after landing in a Soyuz TMA-10M spacecraft March 11, 2014 held at the Karaganda airport, Kazakhstan. Hopkins, Kotov and Ryazanskiy returned to Earth after five and a half months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 37 and 38 crews.


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