ARKALYK, KAZAKHSTAN - OCTOBER 11: In this handout from NASA, The Soyuz TMA-14 spacecraft lands with Expedition 20 Commander Gennady Padalka, Flight Engineer Michael Barratt, and spaceflight participant Guy Lalibert on October 11, 2009 near the town of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan. Padalka and Barratt are returning from six months onboard the International Space Station, along with Lalibert who arrived at the station on October 2 with Expedition 21 Flight Engineers Jeff Williams and Maxim Suraev aboard the Soyuz TMA-16 spacecraft. Getty Images logo Getty Images 1 month ago

ARKALYK, KAZAKHSTAN - OCTOBER 11: In this handout from NASA, The Soyuz TMA-14 spacecraft lands with Expedition 20 Commander Gennady Padalka, Flight Engineer Michael Barratt, and spaceflight participant Guy Lalibert on October 11, 2009 near the town of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan. Padalka and Barratt are returning from six months onboard the International Space Station, along with Lalibert who arrived at the station on October 2 with Expedition 21 Flight Engineers Jeff Williams and Maxim Suraev aboard the Soyuz TMA-16 spacecraft.

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  1. U.S. Flight Engineer Michael Barratt is assisted out of a helicopter after arriving at Kustanai airport October 11, 2009. Barratt returned from the International Space Station (ISS) after a six-month stay there.
  2. Astronaut Michael Barratt moves the COLBERT or Combined Operational Load Bearing External Resistance Treadmill aboard the International Space Station in this image from NASA TV September 1, 2009.
  3. Astronaut Michael Barratt moves the COLBERT or Combined Operational Load Bearing External Resistance Treadmill aboard the International Space Station in this image from NASA TV September 1, 2009.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. The Russian Soyuz space capsule lands with Expedition 20 Commander Gennady Padalka of Russia, Flight Engineer Michael Barratt of the U.S. and Canadian circus billionaire Guy Laliberte in the vast steppe near the town of Arkalyk in northern Kazakhstan October 11, 2009.
  7. 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.
  8. CAPE CANAVERAL, FL - NOVEMBER 27: Bill Gerstenmaier, NASA associate administrator for Space Operations, 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.
  9. CAPE CANAVERAL, FL - NOVEMBER 27: (L-R) Bill Gerstenmaier, NASA associate administrator for Space Operations, Mike Moses, space shuttle launch integration manager, and Mike Leinbach, NASA shuttle launch director address 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.
  10. A NASA technician heads up a walkway to work on the space shuttle Atlantis after landing at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida November 27, 2009.
  11. Space shuttle Atlantis commander Charles Hobaugh (R) hugs NASA administrator Charles Hobaugh after landing at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida November 27, 2009.
  12. NASA administrator Charles Bolden (C) talks with NASA contractors on the runway following the landing of space shuttle Atlantis at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida November 27, 2009.
  13. 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.
  14. 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.
  15. 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.
  16. 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.

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