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NASA astronauts are returning home – but what else has gone wrong in space?
Nine months is a long time to be in orbit. But Butch Williams and Suni Wilmore aren't alone in facing extraordinary circumstances in space. Here are some of the "final frontier's" most memorable incidents.
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Sergei Krikalev on his way to the launch pad for a mission in 1998. File pic: Reuters
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Russian cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev smiles after returning from space in 2005. File pic: Reuters
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A group of six astronauts and two flight controllers monitor the problem-plagued Apollo 13 lunar landing mission. File pic: NASA
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Astronaut James Lovell, Apollo 13 mission commander, reads a newspaper account of his mission. File pic: NASA
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NASA staff applaud the successful splashdown of the Apollo 13 mission. File pic: NASA
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Garrett Reisman poses on the International Space Station in 2010. File pic: NASA/Reuters
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