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The International Space Station (ISS) crew member Jeff Williams of the U.S. waves as he speaks on a satellite phone after landing near the town of Zhezkazgan (Dzhezkazgan), Kazakhstan, September 7, 2016. REUTERS/Maxim Shipenkov/Pool
A U.S. astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts wrapped up a 172-day mission aboard the International Space Station with a parachute descent and landing at dawn on the steppes of Kazakhstan, a NASA TV broadcast showed.
The capsule made a parachute descent southeast of Zhezkazgan, disappearing into a layer of haze as it neared the ground.
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