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Commander Michael Lopez-Alegria

Expedition 14 Commander Michael Lopez-Alegria. Lopez-Alegria, Flight Engineer Mikhail Tyurin and Spaceflight Participant Charles Simonyi landed safely southwest of Karaganda, Kazakhstan at 8:31 a.m. EDT on Saturday, April 21, 2007. Expedition-14 was launched from Baikonour aboard a Soyuz spacecraft, and returned to land in the steppes of Kazakhstan, concluding a 215-day mission and marking the longest single flight by an American Astronaut. During the 6-month tour of duty aboard the International Space Station the crew performed a variety of experiments in human life sciences, physical sciences, Earth observations and education and technology demonstrations. Lopez-Alegria accumulated a total of 33 hours and 42 minutes of EVA time in 5 spacewalks. Suni Williams, who had been a member of Expedition 14 since December, remains on the station with Expedition 15 until this summer.
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Title: Commander Michael Lopez-Alegria
Caption: Expedition 14 Commander Michael Lopez-Alegria. Lopez-Alegria, Flight Engineer Mikhail Tyurin and Spaceflight Participant Charles Simonyi landed safely southwest of Karaganda, Kazakhstan at 8:31 a.m. EDT on Saturday, April 21, 2007. Expedition-14 was launched from Baikonour aboard a Soyuz spacecraft, and returned to land in the steppes of Kazakhstan, concluding a 215-day mission and marking the longest single flight by an American Astronaut. During the 6-month tour of duty aboard the International Space Station the crew performed a variety of experiments in human life sciences, physical sciences, Earth observations and education and technology demonstrations. Lopez-Alegria accumulated a total of 33 hours and 42 minutes of EVA time in 5 spacewalks. Suni Williams, who had been a member of Expedition 14 since December, remains on the station with Expedition 15 until this summer.
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Keywords: 14 ASTRONAUT COMMANDER EXPEDITION EXPLORATION INTERNATIONAL ISS LOPEZ-ALEGRIA MALE MAN MANNED MEN MICHAEL NASA OCCUPATION OUTERSPACE PEOPLE PERSON SCIENCE SHUTTLE SPACE (COSMOS) SPACE SPACEFLIGHT SPACESUIT SPATIAL STATION WAVING