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Soyuz Carrying Record-Breaking U.S. Astronaut, Russian, Korean, Has Fast, Rough ‘Ballistic’ Reentry With High-g Forces; Spacecraft Lands 295 Miles From Target Touchdown Site

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Monday, April 21st, 2008

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Peggy Whitson, Space Station Expedition 16 Commander, Breaks Record For Cumulative Time In Space For Any U.S. Astronaut, Male Or Female, With 377 Days Aloft Russian Cosmonauts Still Hold World-Wide Records A Russian Soyuz spacecraft experienced extreme deceleration forces and landed 295 miles from its target landing site on the steppes of Kazakhstan, while carrying American Astronaut Peggy Whitson as she broke the cumulative-time-in-space record for any U.S. astronaut, male or female. Whitson, 48, also was the first female commander…

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