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A Russian search and rescue helicopter waits to take a member of the Expedition 10 crew to Kustanay, Kazakhstan following their pre-dawn landing in the Soyuz TMA-5 capsule. The landing occurred on April 25, 2005 (Kazakhstan time) northeast of the Kazakhstan town of Arkalyk to wrap up a six month mission aboard the International Space Station (ISS) for astronaut Leroy Chiao (not pictured), Expedition 10 commander and NASA ISS science officer; cosmonaut Salizhan S. Sharipov (not pictured), flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency; and a ten-day mission for European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Roberto Vittori (not pictured). The Italian astronaut flew under a commercial contract between ESA and the Russian Federal Space Agency.