AFTER A WEEKLONG STAY AT THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION, SOUTH AFRICA...

World | May 5, 2002, Sunday // 00:00

After a weeklong stay at the international space station, South African Mark Shuttleworth zoomed to earth in a Soyuz capsule, landing in Kazakhstan early Sunday local time. The three men emerged from a small shuttle Sunday morning, and were briefly examined by medical officials. They were seated in chairs, allowing them to re-adjust to gravity. Well-wishers gave the men cake and colored eggs in celebration of Russian Orthodox Easter, which is on Sunday. he Internet magnate spent $20 million to tag along with a Russian cosmonaut and Italian astronaut as they delivered a fresh Soyuz capsule to the space station.

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