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Hazza Al Mansouri before entering the hatch. Screegrab via Nasa / YouTube
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UAE astronaut Hazza al-Mansouri is carried from the landing site. AFP / NASA
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Hazza Al Mansouri gestures to spectators. AP Photo
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Hazza Al Mansouri reacts shortly after landing. Reuters
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Hazza Al Mansouri is all smiles on landing. Nasa / YouTube screengrab
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Hazza Al Mansouri is tended to by ground crews. Nasa / Youtube screengrab
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Russian space agency rescue team members and United Arab Emirates specialists carry Maj Al Mansouri. AP Photo
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US astronaut Nick Hague calls his relatives. AP Photo
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US astronaut Nick Hague, Russian cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin, and UAE astronaut Hazzaa Ali Almansoori, sit in chairs shortly after landing. AP Photo
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NASA specialists carry US astronaut Nick Hague. AP Photo
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Russian space agency rescue team members and United Arab Emirates specialists carry Maj Al Mansouri. AP Photo
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NASA specialists carry US astronaut Nick Hague. AP Photo
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The first sighting of the MS-12 upon re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere. Screengrab Nasa / YouTube
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The Russian Soyuz MS-12 space capsule lands about 150km south-east of the Kazakh town of Zhezkazgan. AP Photo
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The Russian Soyuz MS-12 space capsule lands about 150km south-east of the Kazakh town of Zhezkazgan. AP Photo
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Rescue vehicles approach the capsule. AP Photo
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Specialists turn a Russian Soyuz MS-12 space capsule after the landing near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan. Reuters
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The Soyuz MS-12 free of the International Space Station. Screengrab via Nasa / YouTube
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Hazza Al Mansouri before entering the hatch. Screegrab via Nasa / YouTube
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UAE astronaut Hazza al-Mansouri is carried from the landing site. AFP / NASA
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Hazza Al Mansouri gestures to spectators. AP Photo
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Hazza Al Mansouri reacts shortly after landing. Reuters
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Hazza Al Mansouri is all smiles on landing. Nasa / YouTube screengrab
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Hazza Al Mansouri is tended to by ground crews. Nasa / Youtube screengrab
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Russian space agency rescue team members and United Arab Emirates specialists carry Maj Al Mansouri. AP Photo
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US astronaut Nick Hague calls his relatives. AP Photo
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US astronaut Nick Hague, Russian cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin, and UAE astronaut Hazzaa Ali Almansoori, sit in chairs shortly after landing. AP Photo
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NASA specialists carry US astronaut Nick Hague. AP Photo
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Russian space agency rescue team members and United Arab Emirates specialists carry Maj Al Mansouri. AP Photo
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NASA specialists carry US astronaut Nick Hague. AP Photo
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The first sighting of the MS-12 upon re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere. Screengrab Nasa / YouTube
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The Russian Soyuz MS-12 space capsule lands about 150km south-east of the Kazakh town of Zhezkazgan. AP Photo
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The Russian Soyuz MS-12 space capsule lands about 150km south-east of the Kazakh town of Zhezkazgan. AP Photo
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Rescue vehicles approach the capsule. AP Photo
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Specialists turn a Russian Soyuz MS-12 space capsule after the landing near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan. Reuters
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The Soyuz MS-12 free of the International Space Station. Screengrab via Nasa / YouTube
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Hazza Al Mansouri before entering the hatch. Screegrab via Nasa / YouTube
Emirati astronaut Hazza Al Mansouri returns to Earth - in pictures
The first UAE astronaut touches down safely in the Soyuz MS-12 descent module in Kazakhstan
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03 October, 2019
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