NASA astronaut Michael Barratt shows a matryoshka (traditional wooden doll) with his image, smiles at a news conference at Kustanai airport in north-central Kazakhstan before departure to Moscow, on October 11, 2009. Expedition 20 Commander Gennady Padalka Barratt are returning from six months onboard the International Space Station, along with Space tourist Canadian billionaire and clown Guy Laliberte who arrived at the station on 02 October with Expedition 21 Flight Engineers Jeff Williams and Maxim Suraev aboard the Soyuz TMA-16 spacecraft. Getty Images logo Getty Images 1 month ago

NASA astronaut Michael Barratt shows a matryoshka (traditional wooden doll) with his image, smiles at a news conference at Kustanai airport in north-central Kazakhstan before departure to Moscow, on October 11, 2009. Expedition 20 Commander Gennady Padalka Barratt are returning from six months onboard the International Space Station, along with Space tourist Canadian billionaire and clown Guy Laliberte who arrived at the station on 02 October with Expedition 21 Flight Engineers Jeff Williams and Maxim Suraev aboard the Soyuz TMA-16 spacecraft.

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  1. LONDON, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 01: A visitor to the Royal Academy of Arts 'Earth: Art of a Changing World' exhibition walks from a room containing Ruth Jarman and Joe Gerhardt's 'Black Rain, 2009' on December 1, 2009 in London. This video taken from raw visual data from NASA satellies forms part of the new and recent work from 35 artists and a selection of commissions from emerging artists is on display at the Royal Academy from December 3, 2009 to January 31, 2010.
  2. In this photo released by NASA, Expedition 20 and 21 flight engineer, Nicole Stott, speaks during an interview late Friday, Nov. 27, 2009 at the Operations and Checkout Building at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. Stott returned to earth on the space shuttle Atlantis earlier in the day following 87 days as a crew member on the international space station.
  3. In this photo released by NASA, Expedition 20 and 21 flight engineer speaks during an interview late Friday, Nov. 27, 2009 at the Operations and Checkout Building at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. Stott returned to earth on the space shuttle Atlantis earlier in the day following 87 days as a crew member on the international space station.
  4. In this photo released by NASA, Expedition 20 and 21 flight engineer, Nicole Stott, smiles during an interview late Friday, Nov. 27, 2009 at the Operations and Checkout Building at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. Stott returned to earth on the space shuttle Atlantis earlier in the day following 87 days as a crew member on the international space station.
  5. In this photo released by NASA, Expedition 20 and 21 flight engineer smiles during an interview late Friday, Nov. 27, 2009 at the Operations and Checkout Building at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. Stott returned to earth on the space shuttle Atlantis earlier in the day following 87 days as a crew member on the international space station.
  6. CAPE CANAVERAL, FL - NOVEMBER 27: Mike Leinbach, NASA shuttle launch director, addresses the media during the Space Shuttle Atlantis post-landing press conference at Kennedy Space Center November 27, 2009 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. The astronauts completed an eleven day mission to the International Space Station.
  7. NASA astronaut Michael Barratt, leaves a bus at Star City, Kazakhstan on Sunday Oct. 11, 2009. Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka and Barratt are returning from six months onboard the International Space Station, along with Cirque du Soleil founder Guy Laliberte who arrived at the station on Oct. 2 with Expedition 21 Flight Engineers Jeff Williams and Maxim Suraev aboard the Soyuz TMA-16 spacecraft.
  8. Canadian billionaire philanthropist Guy Laliberte gestures just after his arrival at the Star City, Russia, on Sunday Oct 11. 2009. Padalka and Barratt are returning from six months onboard the International Space Station, along with Laliberte who arrived at the station on Oct. 2 with Expedition 21 Flight Engineers Jeff Williams and Maxim Suraev aboard the Soyuz spacecraft.
  9. Canadian circus billionaire Guy Laliberte (L), Gennady Padalka (C) of Russia and U.S. Flight Engineer Michael Barratt, all dressed in Kazakh national costumes, attend a news conference at Kustanai airport October 11, 2009, before their departure to Moscow. Padalka and Barratt are returning from six months onboard the International Space Station (ISS), along with Laliberte who arrived at the station on October 2 with atronauts Jeff Williams and Maxim Suraev aboard the Soyuz TMA-16 spacecraft.
  10. Space tourist Canadian billionaire and clown Guy Laliberte smiles shortly after landing of with two other members of the Expedition 20 main mission to the International space station Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka and NASA astronaut Michael Barratt, in Kazakhstan, on October 11, 2009. Padalka and Barratt are returning from six months onboard the International Space Station, along with Laliberte who arrived at the station on 02 October with Expedition 21 Flight Engineers Jeff Williams and Maxim Suraev aboard the Soyuz TMA-16 spacecraft.
  11. Space tourist Canadian billionaire and clown Guy Laliberte shows amatryoshka (traditional wooden doll) with his immage, at a news conference at Kustanai airport in north-central Kazakhstan before departure to Moscow, on October 11, 2009. Expedition 20 Commander Gennady Padalka Barratt and NASA astronaut Michael Barratt are returning from six months onboard the International Space Station, along with Space tourist Canadian billionaire and clown Guy Laliberte who arrived at the station on 02 October with Expedition 21 Flight Engineers Jeff Williams and Maxim Suraev aboard the Soyuz TMA-16 spacecraft.
  12. Space tourist Canadian billionaire and clown Guy Laliberte, smiles at a news conference at Kustanai airport in north-central Kazakhstan before departure to Moscow, on October 11, 2009. Expedition 20 Commander Gennady Padalka Barratt and NASA astronaut Michael Barratt are returning from six months onboard the International Space Station, along with Laliberte who arrived at the station on 02 October with Expedition 21 Flight Engineers Jeff Williams and Maxim Suraev aboard the Soyuz TMA-16 spacecraft.
  13. Space tourist Canadian billionaire Guy Laliberte, left, wears a familiar red clown nose as he views the Soyuz space capsule, shortly after landing with other crew members, Commander Gennady Padalka, Flight Engineer Michael Barratt, near the town of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan, on Sunday, Oct. 11, 2009. Padalka and Barratt are returning from six months onboard the International Space Station, along with Laliberte, who arrived at the station on Oct. 2.
  14. Russian search and rescue service specialists carry space tourist Canadian billionaire Guy Laliberte, center, who wears his familiar red clown nose, after landing with The Soyuz spacecraft crew members, Commander Gennady Padalka, and Flight Engineer Michael Barratt, near the town of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan on Sunday, Oct. 11, 2009. Padalka and Barratt are returning from six months onboard the International Space Station, along with Cirque du Soleil founder Laliberte, who arrived at the space station on Oct. 2 and ends the entertainment tycoon's mirthful space odyssey with this touchdown.
  15. Russian search and rescue service specialists carry space tourist Canadian billionaire and Guy Laliberte, center, after his landing with the members of the 20th main mission to the International space station, Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka and NASA astronaut Michael Barratt, not seen, near the town of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan on Sunday, Oct. 11, 2009. The Russian Soyuz capsule carrying Cirque du Soleil founder Laliberte and two other space travelers landed safely in Kazakhstan Sunday, ending the entertainment tycoon's mirthful space odyssey.
  16. Canadian spaceflight participant Guy Laliberte (front row, 2nd L) poses with members of the Expedition 20 crew in the Harmony node of the International Space Station in this photo taken October 5, 2009 and released by NASA October 8, 2009. The astronauts are (front row, L-R) European Space Agency astronaut Frank De Winne, Laliberte, Russian Commander Gennady Padalka, Michael Barratt, and (back row, L-R) cosmonaut Roman Romanenko, NASA astronaut Nicole Stott, Jeffrey Williams, Canadian Space Agency astronaut Robert Thirsk and cosmonaut Maxim Suraev.

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