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NASA dixit:

“Expedition 39 Commander Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, NASA Flight Engineer Rick Mastracchio and Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Tyurin wrapped up their stay on the International Space Station when their Soyuz spacecraft undocked from the orbiting laboratory to begin their journey back to Earth. The undocking was covered by NASA Television.”

“Expedition 39 Commander Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, NASA Flight Engineer Rick Mastracchio and Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Tyurin are back on solid ground after bidding farewell to the Expedition 40 crew and safely returning to Earth in a Soyuz spacecraft. The trio spent 188 days in space.”

Credit: NASA/Roscosmos