Four astronauts return to Earth after eight months in space
Four astronauts—from the U.S., France, and Russia, have returned to Earth after spending eight months at the International Space Station. They were sent there to replace a colleague and his crew who had become ill. The astronauts undocked from the space station and splashed down in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Los Angeles.

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