U.S. billionaire space tourist Charles Simonyi, center, is seen shortly after landing aboard the Soyuz capsule, about 136 kilometers (80 miles) northeast of the Kazakh town of Dzhezkazgan, Wednesday, April 8, 2009. The capsule carrying a Russian-American crew, safely returned to Earth on Wednesday along with a U.S. billionaire whose the second paid voyage to the international space station ended with a landing on the Kazakh steppe. AP Photo logo AP Photo 8 months ago

U.S. billionaire space tourist Charles Simonyi, center, is seen shortly after landing aboard the Soyuz capsule, about 136 kilometers (80 miles) northeast of the Kazakh town of Dzhezkazgan, Wednesday, April 8, 2009. The capsule carrying a Russian-American crew, safely returned to Earth on Wednesday along with a U.S. billionaire whose the second paid voyage to the international space station ended with a landing on the Kazakh steppe.

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