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International Space Station Imagery
European Space Agency Astronaut Roberto Vittori of Italy
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JSC2005-E-17963 (25 April 2005) --- European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Roberto Vittori of Italy; cosmonaut Salizhan S. Sharipov (out of frame), Expedition 10 flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency; and astronaut Leroy Chiao (out of frame), commander and NASA ISS science officer, are welcomed by Russian officials following their pre-dawn landing in the Soyuz TMA-5 capsule. The landing occurred on April 25, 2005 (Kazakhstan time) northeast of the Kazakhstan town of Arkalyk to wrap up a six month mission aboard the International Space Station (ISS) for Chiao and Sharipov. It was the end of a ten-day mission for Vittori who flew under a commercial contract between ESA and the Russian Federal Space Agency. Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls

Curator: Kim Dismukes | Responsible NASA Official: John Ira Petty | Updated: 05/09/2005
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