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** FILE ** Russian space agency rescue crew members carry U.S. astronaut Rick Mastracchio shortly after the Russian Soyuz TMA-11M space capsule landed, some 150 kilometers (93 miles) southeast of town Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, Wednesday, May 14, 2014. The Soyuz space capsule with Mastracchio, Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata and Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Tyurin, returning from a half-year mission to the International Space Station, landed safely Wednesday in Kazakhstan. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky, Pool)

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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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FILE - This Nov. 7, 2013 file photo shows U.S. astronaut Rick Mastracchio, a crew member of the International Space Station, waving prior to the launch of Soyuz-FG rocket at the Russian leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. Mastracchio, along with Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata will serve as on-board correspondents for a National Geographic special called "Live From Space," airing Friday, March 14 at 8 p.m. EST on the National Geographic Channel. (AP Photo/Shamil Zhumatov, File)