Expedition 48 NASA astronaut Jeff Williams is seen at a welcome ceremony and press conference at the Karaganda Airport in Kazakhstan after he and Russian cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin, and Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos landed in their Soyuz TMA-20M spacecraft on Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2016. 2016 (Kazakh time). Williams, Ovchinin, and Skripochka are returning after 172 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 47 and 48 crews onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
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Expedition 48 NASA astronaut Jeff Williams rest in a chair and talks to his family on a satellite phone outside the Soyuz TMA-20M spacecraft a few moments after he and Russian cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos landed in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2016(Kazakh time). Williams, Ovchinin, and Skripochka are returning after 172 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 47 and 48 crews onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
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Russian support personnel work around the Soyuz TMA-20M spacecraft after it landed with with Expedition 48 crew members NASA astronaut Jeff Williams, Russian cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin, and Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2016(Kazakh time). Williams, Ovchinin, and Skripochka are returning after 172 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 47 and 48 crews onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
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Russian support personnel work around the Soyuz TMA-20M spacecraft after it landed with with Expedition 48 crew members NASA astronaut Jeff Williams, Russian cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin, and Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2016(Kazakh time). Williams, Ovchinin, and Skripochka are returning after 172 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 47 and 48 crews onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
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ss048e061332 (08/19/2016) --- Checking the space gloves before and after a spacewalk is part of the detailed check list astronauts go through to provide absolute safety. Both NASA astronaut Jeff Williams and Kate Rubens took part in the important inspections before and after their 19 Aug 2016 spacewalk to install a new docking adapter . A cut in the glove could subject the astronaut to the extreme temperatures of outer space and the escape of oxygen, both of which could be fatal.
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