Astronaut Welcome Wagon
NASA’s renowned photographer Bill Ingalls took this shot of personnel with a Russian MI-8 helicopter at the Zhezkazhan Airport in Kazakhstan as they prepare for the arrival of the Soyuz capsule with astronaut Scott Kelly, returning from a year aboard the space station in March.
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