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[b]Soyuz separates from station[/b] Soyuz TMA-20, carrying three Expedition 27 crewmembers, departed the International Space Station Monday (May 23), on its way back to Earth with a brief layover to capture imagery of the orbiting complex and the space shuttle Endeavour attached to it. The Russian spacecraft undocked from the ISS at 4:35 p.m. CDT beginning its journey home with a landing in Kazakhstan planned for 9:26 p.m. (8:26 a.m. May 24 local time). Before leaving the vicinity of the station, Roscosmos cosmonaut Dmitry Kondratyev will fly the Soyuz to a distance of between 590 and 650 feet away and pause, allowing European Space Agency (ESA) flight engineer Paolo Nespoli to climb out his seat, enter the spacecraft's orbital module, and photograph the orbiting lab with space shuttle Endeavour docked. This is the first time a Soyuz has departed the station while a shuttle has been present.
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