Cosmonaut Pavel V. Vinogradov (right), Expedition 13 commander representing Russia’s Federal Space Agency; astronaut Jeffrey N. Williams (out of frame), NASA space station science officer and flight engineer; and spaceflight participant Anousheh Ansari (center) are greeted by Russian officials and media upon their return to Chkalovsky Airbase outside Star City near Moscow, Russia on Sept. 29, 2006 following their landing earlier in the day in the Soyuz TMA-8 spacecraft in central Kazakhstan following their departure from the International Space Station. Vinogradov and Williams spent 183 days on the station, while Ansari spent 11 days in space and 9 days on the station under a commercial agreement with the Russian Federal Space Agency.
Photo Credit: NASA