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Sultan AlNeyadi of the United Arab Emirates becomes the first Arab astronaut to conduct a spacewalk as he exits an International Space Station module and joins NASA astronaut Steve Bowen to perform work aiming to upgrade the ISS's power generation capabilities. IMAGES
NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei and Roscosmos cosmonauts Pyotr Dubrov and Anton Shkaplerov hug their International Space Station crewmates before boarding a Russian Soyuz spacecraft to Earth. Cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev closes the hatch of the capsule. NASA, earlier in March, said tensions linked to the war in Ukraine had no impact on ISS operations or the planned return of an American astronaut aboard a Russian capsule later this month. There have been fears that soaring tensions between the United States and Russia over Ukraine could leave the 55-year-old stranded on the outpost. There had been fears that soaring tensions between the United States and Russia over Ukraine could leave the 55-year-old Vande Hei stranded on the outpost. IMAGES
After a few last words with his partner, French astronaut Thomas Pesquet gets into the car that will take him and his three crewmates to the Crew Dragon. The capsule is due to liftoff at 09:49 GMT for the International Space Station (ISS). IMAGES
Two Russian cosmonauts and a NASA astronaut touch down on the Kazakhstan steppe following a half-year mission, according to footage broadcast by NASA and the Russian space agency. Russian cosmonauts Sergei Ryzhikov, Sergei Kud-Sverchkov and NASA astronaut Kate Rubins landed at 0455 GMT around 150 kilometres from the town of Zhezkazgan. IMAGES
Wrapping up a 185-day mission spanning 2,960 orbits of Earth and 78.4 million miles, NASA Astronaut Kate Rubins and Russian cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Sergey Kud-Sverchkov bid farewell to their colleagues aboard the International Space Station (ISS) as they prepare to return to Earth. IMAGES
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
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