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JSC2004-E-47549 (24 October 2004) --- Cosmonaut Gennady I. Padalka, Russia’s Federal Space Agency Expedition 9 commander, smiles after the successful landing in the Soyuz spacecraft with fellow crew members astronaut Edward M. (Mike) Fincke, NASA International Space Station (ISS) science officer and flight engineer, and Russian Space Forces cosmonaut Yuri Shargin. The crew landed approximately 85 kilometers northeast of Arkalyk in northern Kazakhstan on October 24, 2004. Photo Credit: "NASA/Bill Ingalls"