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Soyuz Finally Has Normal, Safe Landing As It Returns Crew To Earth Gently

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Monday, October 27th, 2008

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But Company Making Soyuz Vehicles Faces Financial Peril, Needs Cash Soon Two Second-Generation Space Travelers Make Return Trip On Earth-Bound Soyuz A Russian Soyuz spacecraft returned International Space Station crew members to Earth in a gentle landing that contrasted markedly with the dangerous steep descents of the two prior reentries and landings of Soyuz vehicles. (Please see Space & Missile Defense Report, Monday, April 21, 2008.) But that good news was tempered by an announcement by the maker of Soyuz…

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