• A torchbearer riding on horseback in Yakutsk, the capital of Sakha (Yakutia) Republic, about 4,830 km east of Moscow during the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic torch relay. Sochi 2014 Organizing Committee / AFP Photo
    A torchbearer riding on horseback in Yakutsk, the capital of Sakha (Yakutia) Republic, about 4,830 km east of Moscow during the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic torch relay. Sochi 2014 Organizing Committee / AFP Photo
  • A torchbearer riding atop a deer sleigh, near Yakutsk, the capital of Sakha (Yakutia) Republic, about 4,830 km east of Moscow during the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic torch relay. Sochi 2014 Organizing Committee / AFP Photo
    A torchbearer riding atop a deer sleigh, near Yakutsk, the capital of Sakha (Yakutia) Republic, about 4,830 km east of Moscow during the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic torch relay. Sochi 2014 Organizing Committee / AFP Photo
  • Soyuz TMA-09M capsule carrying the International Space Station (ISS) crew members, Fyodor Yurchikhin of Russia, Karen Nyberg of the United States and Luca Parmitano of Italy, descends with a parachute before landing in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan in central Kazakhstan Monday, Nov. 11, 2013. Shamil Zhumatov / AP Photo
    Soyuz TMA-09M capsule carrying the International Space Station (ISS) crew members, Fyodor Yurchikhin of Russia, Karen Nyberg of the United States and Luca Parmitano of Italy, descends with a parachute before landing in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan in central Kazakhstan Monday, Nov. 11, 2013. Shamil Zhumatov / AP Photo
  • The Soyuz TMA-09M capsule carrying the International Space Station (ISS) crew lands in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan in central Kazakhstan. A Soyuz capsule carried an International Space Station crew of three back to Earth on Monday along with an Olympic torch that was displayed in open space as part of Russia’s preparations for the Sochi 2014 Winter Games. Shamil Zhumatov / Reuters
    The Soyuz TMA-09M capsule carrying the International Space Station (ISS) crew lands in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan in central Kazakhstan. A Soyuz capsule carried an International Space Station crew of three back to Earth on Monday along with an Olympic torch that was displayed in open space as part of Russia’s preparations for the Sochi 2014 Winter Games. Shamil Zhumatov / Reuters
  • International Space Station (ISS) crew member Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano reacts after Soyuz TMA-09M capsule carrying the ISS crew landed in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan in central Kazakhstan. Shamil Zhumatov / AP Photo
    International Space Station (ISS) crew member Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano reacts after Soyuz TMA-09M capsule carrying the ISS crew landed in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan in central Kazakhstan. Shamil Zhumatov / AP Photo
  • International Space Station (ISS) crew member Russian cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin holds the torch of the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympic Games after landing near the town of Zhezkazgan in central Kazakhstan. Shamil Zhumatov / AFP Photo
    International Space Station (ISS) crew member Russian cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin holds the torch of the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympic Games after landing near the town of Zhezkazgan in central Kazakhstan. Shamil Zhumatov / AFP Photo
  • International Space Station (ISS) crew member American cosmonaut Karen Nyberg smiles as she rests after Soyuz TMA-09M capsule carrying the ISS crew landed in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan in central Kazakhstan. Shamil Zhumatov / AP Photo
    International Space Station (ISS) crew member American cosmonaut Karen Nyberg smiles as she rests after Soyuz TMA-09M capsule carrying the ISS crew landed in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan in central Kazakhstan. Shamil Zhumatov / AP Photo
  • Matryoshka dolls, or Russian nesting dolls, depicting International Space Station (ISS) crew members, from left, Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano, Russian cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin and U.S. astronaut Karen Nyberg, are placed before a news conference in Karaganda, Kazakhstan. Shamil Zhumatov / AP Photo
    Matryoshka dolls, or Russian nesting dolls, depicting International Space Station (ISS) crew members, from left, Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano, Russian cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin and U.S. astronaut Karen Nyberg, are placed before a news conference in Karaganda, Kazakhstan. Shamil Zhumatov / AP Photo

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