Expedition 23 Commander Oleg Kotov is seen sitting in a chair outside the Soyuz Capsule just minutes after he and fellow crew members Creamer and Soichi Noguchi landed in their Soyuz TMA-17 capsule near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Wednesday, June 2, 2010. NASA Astronaut Creamer, Russian Cosmonaut Kotov and Japanese Astronaut Noguchi are returning from six months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 22 and 23 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls) SoyuzTMA17 landing Oleg Kotov

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