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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

An astronaut waves as they are carried by a few people wearing masks.

Soyuz Landing

NASA astronaut and Army Lt. Col. Frank Rubio is helped out of the Soyuz MS-23 spacecraft just minutes after it landed in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, Sept. 27, 2023. At 371 days in space, the mission is the longest single spaceflight by a U.S. astronaut in history.

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