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From left, Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata, Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Tyurin and U.S. astronaut Rick Mastracchio sit in chairs shortly after the landing of the Russian Soyuz TMA-11 space capsule about 150 kilometers (93 miles) southeast of the Kazakh town of Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, Wednesday, May 14, 2014. The Soyuz space capsule with Wakata, Tyurin and Mastracchio returning from a half-year mission to the International Space Station landed safely Wednesday on the steppes of Kazakhstan. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky, Pool)

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A Russian Soyuz TMA-11M space capsule descends about 150 kilometers (90 miles) southeast of the Kazakh town of Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, Wednesday, May 14, 2014. The Soyuz space capsule with Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata, Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Tyurin and U.S. astronaut Rick Mastracchio, returning from a half-year mission to the International Space Station landed safely Wednesday on the steppes of Kazakhstan. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky, Pool)

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A Russian Soyuz TMA-11M space capsule lands about 150 km (93 miles) southeast of the Kazakh town of Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, Wednesday, May 14, 2014. The Soyuz space capsule carrying three astronauts who had spent a half-year aboard the International Space Station landed Wednesday in the steppes of Kazakhstan. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky, Pool)

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A Russian space agency rescue team members carries Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata shortly after the landing of the Russian Soyuz TMA-11 space capsule about 150 kilometers (93 miles) southeast of the Kazakh town of Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, Wednesday, May 14, 2014. The Soyuz space capsule with Wakata, Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Tyurin and U.S. astronaut Rick Mastracchio, returning from a half-year mission to the International Space Station landed safely Wednesday on the steppes of Kazakhstan. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky, pool)

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Russian space agency rescue team help Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Tyurin to get off the capsule of the Russian Soyuz TMA-11 module shortly after the landing, about 150 km (93 miles) southeast of the Kazakh town of Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, Wednesday, May 14, 2014. The Soyuz space capsule carrying three astronauts who had spent a half-year aboard the International Space Station landed Wednesday in the steppes of Kazakhstan. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky, Pool)

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Latvia defender Arturs Kulda, right, and forward Mikelis Redlihs celebrate a goal during the Group B preliminary round match between Latvia and Kazakhstan at the Ice Hockey World Championship in Minsk, Belarus, Tuesday, May 13, 2014. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)