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Military and Space Agency officials check the Souyz space capsule after the landing in northern Kazakstan early Sunday morning, Feb. 28, 1999, some 300 km ( 140 miles ) west of Astana, Kazak capital. A Russian and Slovak returned safely from the Mir space station, landing their Soyuz capsule in plains of northern kazaksta. (AP Photo/ Mikhail Metzel)