Thursday, September 30, 2010

For Returning Space Flyers, a Fur Chair and an Apple

I went to Space.com to read this article,
For Returning Space Flyers, a Fur Chair and an Apple By Mike Wall (SPACE.com Senior Writer).
According to this article, a Soyuz spacecraft landed in Kazakhstan on 25 September 2010. The spacecraft carried Tracy Caldwell,
Mikhail Kornienko
and Alexander Skvortsov from the International Space Station back to Earth.
After a long stay in weightlessness, astronauts are discouraged from standing and walking right away after returning in a Soyuz spacecraft. Traditionally recovery crews lift the crew members from the spacecraft and place them in furry chairs and give them each an apple.

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