Russian ground support personnel arrive to meet the Soyuz craft shortly after the capsule landed outside of the town of ArkalykPhotograph: Getty ImagesUS astronaut Michael Fossum, Russian cosmonaut Sergei Volkov and Japanese astronaut Satoshi Furukawa inside the Soyuz capsule Photograph: Sergei Remizov/APRussian support personnel help to get the Expedition 29 crew members out of the Soyuz TMA-02M spacecraftPhotograph: Getty Images
A helicopter crew gets ready at Arkaly airfield in preparation for the recovery missionPhotograph: Shamil Zhumatov/EPARussia's space agency ground personnel roll the Soyuz TMA-02 capsule after its landingPhotograph: Shamil Zhumatov/AFP/Getty ImagesGround personnel help Michael Fossum out of the Soyuz capsule minutes after landingPhotograph: Sergei Remizov/APGround personnel carry Satoshi FurukawaPhotograph: Sergei Remezov/EPASergei Volkov is carried out of the landing sitePhotograph: Shamil Zhumatov/APExpedition 29 Commander Mike Fossum is carried in a chair to the medical tentPhotograph: Bill Ingalls/EPASatoshi Furukawa is attended to by medical staffPhotograph: Shamil Zhumatov/APRussia's space agency ground personnel give Sergei Volkov a check upPhotograph: Shamil Zhumatov/AFP/Getty ImagesRussia's space agency ground personnel crowd around the three ISS members, (from left) Mike Fossum, Sergei Volkov and Satoshi FurukawaPhotograph: Shamil Zhumatov/AFP/Getty ImagesWearing traditional Kazakh costumes the crew attend a press conference in Kostanay after their landingPhotograph: Shamil Zhumatov/AFP/Getty ImagesMike Fossum holds a matryoshka dollPhotograph: Shamil Zhumatov/AFP/Getty Images
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