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Smiles of happiness andrelief , as a US astronaut and a Russian cosmonaut return safely to earth from the International Space Station.Russia's Mission Conrol said the Soyuz space capsule landed in Northern Kazakhstan as planned.

带着快乐释然的微笑，两名宇航员（一名来自美国，一名来自俄罗斯）从国际宇宙空间站安全返航。俄罗斯任务控制中心称，“联盟号”宇宙飞船按计划在哈萨克斯坦北部着陆。

The crew’s return means just 3 men remain on board the 100-billion-dollar space station. However, the research vessel will expand to a 6-member crew on 4th, April, after 3 others arrive on board the Soyuz space craft. Russia will ferry all crews to the ISS aboard its single-use Soyuz vehicles after the US Space Agency(NASA) mothballs its shuttle fleet by the end of this year.

这两名宇航员返回后，那架价值1000亿美元的宇宙空间站上就只剩3名宇航员了。但是到4月4号，另外3名宇航员将搭载“联盟号”宇宙飞船登上宇宙空间站，那时，空间站上的成员就增加到6名了。由于美国航天局暂停了航天计划，一直到今年年底，俄罗斯将使用一次性的“联盟号”飞船想向空间站运送宇航员。

Earlier this month, the Russians announced a halt to space tourism to free capacity for such flights and plans to double the number of launches to 4.

本月初，为执行航空任务之便，俄罗斯宣布暂停太空旅游，并且计划加倍任务执行次数（由2次增加到4次。）