Expedition 7 and 8 handover

Russian capsule safely ferries station crew to Earth
After six months of circling the Earth inside the International Space Station, Expedition 7 crewmembers Yuri Malenchenko and Ed Lu returned home Monday night aboard a Russian Soyuz capsule. They were joined by European researcher Pedro Duque. Landing in Kazakhstan occurred as planned.
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   VIDEO: MONDAY'S UNDOCKING OF SOYUZ FROM THE STATION QT
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   VIDEO: SOYUZ LANDS IN KAZAKHSTAN AS SEEN FROM HELICOPTER QT
   VIDEO: SCENES OF THE CREW AFTER EXITING THE SOYUZ QT
   VIDEO: VIEWS OF THE SOYUZ RESTING ON THE GROUND QT
   VIDEO: CAPSULE'S PARACHUTE DRAPED ACROSS DESERT FLOOR QT
   VIDEO: POST-TOUCHDOWN STATUS REPORT FROM NASA QT
   VIDEO: NASA PROVIDES STATUS OF THE CREW QT
   VIDEO: POST-LANDING INTERVIEW WITH NASA'S ISS MANAGER QT
   VIDEO: ASTRONAUT TALKS ABOUT LANDING AND THE FUTURE QT

   VIDEO: 8-MINUTE NARRATED LOOK BACK AT EXPEDITION 7 QT
   VIDEO: PROFILES OF YURI MALENCHENKO AND ED LU QT
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Space station residents say conditions safe
Despite media reports of some NASA managers voting against launching the Expedition 8 crew to the International Space Station due to broken environmental monitoring and exercise equipment, the astronauts said Thursday during an in-flight news conference that they are not worried about the situation, calling the reports "overblown."
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Station crew will miss the views, but ready for landing
After six months of circling the Earth inside the International Space Station, Expedition 7 commander Yuri Malenchenko and NASA science officer Ed Lu are preparing to return home Monday night aboard a Russian Soyuz capsule.
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New station residents arrive at their orbiting home
Two men who know what it's like to live in orbit for months at a time safely arrived at the International Space Station on Monday morning for a half-year tour-of-duty. Riding inside a Russian Soyuz capsule, the Expedition 8 crew docked to the station at 0716 GMT (3:16 a.m. EDT).
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International crew heads for space station
American, Russian and Spanish astronauts set sail to the International Space Station on Saturday morning, safely rocketing into Earth orbit atop a Soyuz launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Central Asia.
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   VIDEO: POST-LAUNCH INTERVIEW WITH NASA ADMINISTRATOR QT
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Photo gallery: Sunrise rollout of Soyuz rocket
The Russian Soyuz rocket was moved from the processing facility to the launch pad on Thursday in preparation to carry the Expedition 8 crew to the International Space Station. This photo gallery illustrates the rocket's trek.
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New crew poised to keep human presence on station
The Expedition 8 crew blasts off early Saturday aboard a Russian Soyuz rocket to keep the International Space Station staffed with full-time "caretakers" while construction of the orbiting lab remains suspended by NASA's grounded space shuttle fleet. Launch is scheduled for 0538 GMT (1:38 a.m. EDT).
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   VIDEO: EXPEDITION 8 MISSION PREVIEW BRIEFING QT
   VIDEO: CREW NEWS CONFERENCE WITH U.S. REPORTERS QT
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