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Minecraft Hermitcraft Modsauce #7 - Chisel blocks of Awesomeness!
Minecraft ModSauce Mod Pack - Today we #39;re going to mess around with some new blocks to build a hermit town base for our space station. Enjoy! This Hermitcraft ModSauce Mod Pack will be available...

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Expedition 40 Hands Over the Space Station to Expedition 41
The reins of the International Space Station were passed from NASA #39;s Steve Swanson to Max Suraev of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) during a ceremony on the orbital outpost on...

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Biomedical Research on the International Space Station
NIH is working closely with NASA to facilitate biomedical research in space for better understanding of human health on earth.

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Stunning Timelapse of the Earth From Space
This timelapse video was made from images taken by European Space Agency astronaut Alexander Gerst orbiting Earth on the International Space Station. Photo/Video: ESA Subscribe to the WSJ...

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Station Trio Boards Soyuz for Trip Back to Earth
Expedition 40 Commander Steve Swanson, Soyuz Commander Alexander Skvortsov and Flight Engineer Oleg Artemyev say a final farewell to their crewmates as they board the Soyuz TMA-12M spacecraft...

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Astronaut Reid Wiseman #39;s Tech Essentials
NASA #39;s Reid Wiseman shows off the gear he can #39;t live without (in zero Gs) in this interview recorded on the International Space Station. Photo: NASA Subscribe to the WSJ channel here: http://bit...

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September 11, 2014

Image Caption: Ground support personnel are seen at the landing site after the Soyuz TMA-12M spacecraft landed with Expedition 40 Commander Steve Swanson of NASA, and Flight Engineers Alexander Skvortsov and Oleg Artemyev of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Thursday, Sept. 11, 2014. 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. Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ Three crew members from the International Space Station (ISS) returned to Earth Wednesday after 169 days of science and technology research in space, including a record 82 hours of research in a single week, which happened in July.

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Expedition 40 Commander Steve Swanson of NASA and Flight Engineers Alexander Skvortsov and Oleg Artemyev of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) touched down southeast of the remote town of Dzhezkazgan in Kazakhstan at 10:23 p.m. EDT Wednesday, Sept. 10 (8:23 a.m., Sept. 11, in Dzhezkazgan).

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During their time aboard the space station, the crew members participated in a variety of research focusing on Earth remote sensing, human behavior and performance and studies of bone and muscle physiology.

One of several key research focus areas during Expedition 40 was human health management for long duration space travel as NASA and Roscosmos prepare for two crew members to spend one year aboard the orbiting laboratory in 2015.

During their time on the station, the crew members orbited Earth more than 2,700 times, traveled more than 71.7 million miles and welcomed five cargo spacecraft. Two Russian ISS Progress cargo spacecraft docked to the station bringing tons of supplies in April and July. The fifth and final European Space Agency (ESA) Automated Transfer Vehicle also launched to the station in July with the spacecraft bearing the name of Belgian physicist Georges Lemaitre, who is considered the father of the big-bang theory.

SpaceX launched a Dragon cargo spacecraft to the station in April, the companys third of at least 12 planned commercial resupply missions. In July, Orbital Sciences Cygnus spacecraft completed its third of at least eight resupply missions scheduled through 2016 under NASAs Commercial Resupply Services contract.

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Space Station Expedition 40 Crew Returns To Earth, Lands Safely In Kazakhstan

Last Updated Sep 11, 2014 10:30 AM EDT

Two Russian cosmonauts and a NASA astronaut strapped into a Soyuz ferry craft, undocked from the International Space Station and plunged back to Earth Wednesday, settling to a jarring, rocket-assisted landing on the steppe of Kazakhstan to close out a 169-day mission.

With commander Alexander Skvortsov at the controls, flanked on the left by flight engineer Oleg Artemyev and on the right by outgoing space station commander Steven Swanson, the Soyuz TMA-12M descent module landed on target near the town of Dzhezkazgan at 10:23 p.m. EDT (8:23 a.m. Thursday local time).

The final minutes of the return to Earth were seen on live television provided by recovery crews near the landing zone, showing the capsule descending through a cloudless, slightly hazy sky under a big orange-and-white parachute. The descent module landed just out of view over the horizon, its solid-fuel "soft landing" rockets kicking up billowing clouds of dust as they ignited an instant before touchdown.

"Touchdown confirmed," said NASA mission control commentator Rob Navias at the Johnson Space Center in Houston. "Touchdown right on the button ... on the steppe of Kazakhstan. The Expedition 40 crew -- Steve Swanson of NASA and Russian cosmonauts Alexander Skvortsov and Oleg Artemyev -- are home, back on Earth after 169 days in space."

As usual, Russian technicians, flight surgeons and a contingent of NASA support personnel were standing by near the landing site to help the returning fliers out of the cramped Soyuz capsule after five-and-a-half months in the weightlessness of low-Earth orbit.

The Soyuz TMA-12M spacecraft descends to a landing in Kazakhstan Wednesday, three-and-a-half hours after undocking from the International Space Station.

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After brief satellite phone calls to friends and family, all three were carried to a medical tent for more detailed exams before boarding helicopters for a flight to nearby Karaganda, where Kazakh officials planned a welcome home ceremony.

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Aurora Australis over Indian Ocean
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