In younger astronauts, Glenn said, the "aging" effect reverses itself when they return to Earth.
Dragon's return to Earth was delayed one day by bad weather in the splashdown zone.
If successful, the probe will return to Earth and parachute its samples back in January 2006.
Dragon went on to become the first commercial spacecraft to reach orbit and safely return to earth.
The returning Alpha crewmembers, meanwhile, are doubling up on exercise sessions to prepare for their return to Earth's gravity.
Mr. Marshburn has been on the space station since December and is set to return to Earth late Monday.
Dragon is expected to return to Earth at the end of the month.
"At any moment we are expecting Jesus to return to earth as a Russian czar, " the foreman called back lazily.
In 2006, Stardust is scheduled to become the first spacecraft to return to Earth with material from beyond the moon.
The gravity assist would allow a safe return to Earth even if the spacecraft's main rocket engine failed, Professor Longuski said.
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The video clip is a farewell of sorts: He is due to depart the space station Monday night and return to Earth.
Each tray included contact details so it could be sent back to SEA once it was found on its return to earth.
The three new arrivals are due to return to Earth in September.
Several hundred pounds of supplies would be brought aboard, and after about a week, the Dragon would undock and return to Earth.
They will return to Earth with a seventh crew member, Nicole Stott, who has been living at the space station for nearly three months.
November 15 Approximate date that remaining three crew members will return to Earth, leaving the ISS unmanned for the first time in 11 years.
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After that, during this five year period China also plans to send a rover to the Moon, collect samples, and then return to Earth.
The astronauts aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery today used a computer simulator to practice landing in preparation for their planned return to Earth tomorrow.
The crew were welcomed by colleague Nicole Stott, who has spent nearly three months on the space station and will return to earth with Atlantis.
Day one, or "Sol 0" as the team refer to it, is when we start seeing the first images return to earth, 5MB in total.
Space shuttle Atlantis is scheduled to return to Earth on Friday.
They will empty Dragon of its 500kg of food, water and equipment, before releasing it for a return to Earth at the end of the month.
After the two Russians and a Frenchman return to earth from Mir in August, Russia will not be able to send up a new crew unless it can raise some money.
Due to the schedule change announced Monday, the three Russian astronauts on board will return to Earth eight days later than originally planned, on September 16 instead of September 8, Krasnov said.
During that time, astronauts will load about 2, 300 pounds of cargo back on the ship, and then it will return to Earth on March 25, splashing down off the coast of Baja California.
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ExoMars, as we call it on this side of the pond, envisages a satellite to study the Martian atmosphere, followed by a large robotic rover to drill beneath the surface and cache rocks for later return to Earth.
On May 28, 1959 a rhesus monkey named Able and a squirrel monkey named Miss Baker blasted off on an American Jupiter missile and became the first primates to successfully travel into space and return to Earth alive.
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