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"STS98-E-5299 (16 February 2001) --- Goodbyes are plentiful as five astronauts prepare to depart the International Space Station (ISS) and return to the Space Shuttle Atlantis. Cosmonaut Sergei K. Krikalev, Expedition One flight engineer, is in the center of the scene. He is flanked by astronauts Kenneth D. Cockrell (partially visible at left), shuttle commander; Mark L. Polansky, STS-98 pilot; and Robert L. Curbeam (second right) and Thomas D. Jones, right, both shuttle mission specialists. Two Russian cosmonauts, along with astronaut William M. (Bill) Shepherd (out of frame), Expedition One commander, will stay aboard the outpost for several more weeks and return to Earth with the next shuttle visitors."
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