Astronaut, cosmonauts depart space station for Earth

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The Soyuz TMA-12M rocket launches from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan

By Irene Klotz CAPE CANAVERAL Fla. (Reuters) – Two Russian cosmonauts and a NASA astronaut left the International Space Station on Wednesday and headed back to Earth after nearly six months in orbit. Former station commander Steve Swanson and cosmonauts Alexander Skvortsov and Oleg Artemyev strapped themselves inside the Russian Soyuz capsule that carried them to the station in March and pulled away from the outpost at 7:01 p.m. EDT/2301 GMT as the station soared about 260 miles (418 km) over eastern Mongolia. “We accomplished a lot. …

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