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Expedition 10 commander Leroy Chiao, flight engineer Salizhan Sharipov and Italian astronaut Roberto Vittori entered the Soyuz spacecraft at about 11:41 a.m. EDT (1441 GMT) and are expected to land on the steppes of Kazakhstan around 6:08 p.m. EDT (2208 GMT.)
You can watch the live undocking at 2:41 p.m. EDT (1841 GMT) at Space.com
Vittori, a member of the Expedition 11 crew (with commander Sergei Krikalev and flight engineer John Phillips) that arrived at International Space Station on April 16, concluded a week of scientific experiments before strapping himself into the Soyuz for return flight.
The link also has a list of all previous Expedition 10 stories for you to peruse as well as an archive of all stories from the prior nine missions.
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