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Soyuz Air To Air Comms With International Space Station
This is a recording of the air to air radio communications between the Russian spacecraft crew aboard the Soyuz TMA-09M module and the crew aboard the Intern...

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Olympic Torch Returns Home From Space Station
A Russian space capsule carrying the Sochi Olympic torch and three astronauts returned to Earth on Monday from the International Space Station in a flawless ...

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Astronauts Pose for Cameras with Olympic Torch Outside the Space Station
Russian cosmonauts Oleg Kotov and Sergey Ryazansky carry the Olympic torch outside the International Space Station. Watch this video to see them posing for c...

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NASA Astronaut Sees #39;UFO #39; Near Space Station | Video
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Soyuz Spacecraft Arrives and Docks to the International Space Station 11/07/13
After launching earlier in the day in their Soyuz spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 38/39 Soyuz Commander Mikhail Tyurin of t...

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Space Station Live: Nov. 6, 2013
The Space Station Live recap video for Nov. 6, 2013. Watch the full Space Station Live broadcast weekdays on NASA TV at 10 a.m. CST. http://www.nasa.gov/ntv.

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[ISS] Olympic Torch Relay in Space outside the International Space Station
Russian cosmonauts Oleg Kotov and Sergey Ryazanskiy took part in video and photo opportunities outside International Space Station (ISS) during a Spacewalk t...

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[ISS] Typhoon Haiyan Seen from International Space Station
Typhoon Haiyan was seen from the International Space Station yesterday. The Tyhpoon has hit the Philippines with record breaking winds of 195mph.

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Expedition 37 crew members Karen Nyberg of NASA, Fyodor Yurchikhin of the Russian Federal Space Agency and Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency have returned to Earth from the International Space Station, landing at 9:49 p.m. EST Sunday, Nov. 10 (8:49 a.m. Kazakhstan time, Nov. 11), after spending 166 days in space.

Inside the Soyuz spacecraft carrying the astronauts was the Olympic torch, which was launched to the station Nov. 6 and taken on a spacewalk Saturday as part of the torch relay. The torch will be used to light the Olympic flame at the Fisht Stadium in Sochi, Russia, marking the start of the 2014 Winter Games in February.

Nyberg, Parmitano and Yurchikhin arrived at the station in May, and during their extended stay in space orbited Earth 2,656 times and traveled more than 70 million miles. Parmitano conducted a spacewalk in July, becoming the first Italian to walk in space.

The crew welcomed Orbital Sciences Corp.'s Cygnus cargo spacecraft during its demonstration mission to the station. The trio spent hundreds of hours conducting fundamental research in areas such as human biology, life sciences, physical sciences, Earth sciences, astrophysics and technology research.

Yurchikhin now has logged 537 days in space, spanning four spaceflights. This puts him 12th on the all-time endurance list. Nyberg has accumulated 180 days in space over two missions. This was Parmitano's first mission.

The International Space Station is a convergence of science, technology and human innovation that demonstrates new technologies and makes research breakthroughs not possible on Earth. The crew performed research into how plants grow, which may lead to more efficient crops on Earth and improve understanding of how future crews could grow their own food in space. They tested a new portable gas monitor designed to help analyze the environment inside the space station and continued fuel and combustion experiments undertaken by past crews. The crew also collected data and samples that will be used to help scientists understand ocular health issues of space station crew members and understand changes to body measurements during spaceflight.

The space station has had continuous human occupation since November 2000. In that time it has been visited by more than 200 people and a variety of international and commercial spacecraft. The space station remains the springboard to NASA's next great leap in exploration, including future missions to an asteroid and Mars.

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Space Station Crew Lands with Olympic Torch; Finishes 166 Days in Space

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Soyuz commander Fyodor Yurchikhin grins as he holds an Olympic torch after landing with two other spacefliers from the International Space Station in Kazakhstan on Monday. The torch will play a role in the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympic Games.

A Russian Soyuz space capsule landed safely on the steppes of Kazakhstan, returning three spacefliers to Earth along with one other precious item: the Olympic torch.

The Soyuz spacecraft landed at 8:49 a.m. local time Monday (9:49 p.m. ET Sunday) under a clear blue sky in central Kazakhstan. Frigid temperatures greeted the returning space travelers Russian cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin, NASA astronaut Karen Nyberg and Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano after five and a half months in space.

"The initial reports indicate a bull's eye landing for the Soyuz TMA-09M spacecraft and its crew," NASA spokesman Rob Navias said during the space agency's televised landing commentary. [See more landing day photos for Soyuz crew]

Yurchikhin, Nyberg and Parmitano flew up to the International Space Station in late May and formed part of the outpost's six-person Expedition 37 crew, which Yurchikhin commanded. Before departing the station Sunday, Yurchikhin handed command of the station over to fellow cosmonaut Oleg Kotov, who now leads the station's Expedition 38 crew.

"Bye, station," Yurchikhin said as the Soyuz undocked on Sunday.

"Bye-bye," Nyberg added.

"See you, soon," Parmitano chimed in.

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