Cosmonaut Maxim Suraev, Expedition 22 flight engineer, laid flowers at the statue of Yuri Gagarin, the first human to fly in space, at a traditional welcome home ceremony March 24, 2010, at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia.
Cosmonaut Maxim Suraev, Expedition 22 flight engineer, laid flowers at the statue of Yuri Gagarin, the first human to fly in space, at a traditional welcome home ceremony March 24, 2010, at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia. Suraev and NASA astronaut Jeff Williams returned to Earth March 18 with a landing in their Soyuz TMA-16 spacecraft in Kazakhstan to complete 169 days in space and 167 days on the International Space Station.Image Credit: NASA/Stephanie Stoll