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Cosmonaut Salizhan S. Sharipov, Expedition 10 flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency; astronaut Leroy Chiao (out of frame), commander and NASA ISS science officer; and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Roberto Vittori (out of frame) of Italy are welcomed by Russian officials 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 Chiao and Sharipov. It was the end of a ten-day mission for Vittori who flew under a commercial contract between ESA and the Russian Federal Space Agency.