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School children hold portraits of Indian origin astronaut Sunita Williams and pray for her safe return from space, in Ahmadabad, India, Tuesday, June 19, 2007. After a nearly 10-day stay at the international space station that included construction work and a computer meltdown, space shuttle Atlantis was cleared to begin its return trip to Earth. The shuttle is bringing back U.S. astronaut and former space station resident Sunita Williams, whose more than six months in space set a record for the longest single space flight by a woman. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)