Astronaut touches back down on terra firma

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After nearly six months in Earth’s orbit, Wisconsin astronaut Colonel Jeffrey Williams landed safely in the Kazakhstan desert early this morning.We have the sounds of that Soyuz capsule re-entry, beginning with the hatch closing at the International Space Station midnight last night, narrated by NASA-TV’s Rob Navias.Williams is in good health and is expected to be home in Houston in about a week.His parents still live on the family farm in Winter, Wisconsin…

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