Multiple choice

The Russian Soyuz capsule, the Soyuz TMA-14, carrying Cirque du Soleil founder Guy Laliberte and two other space travelers landed safely in Kazakhstan on 11th October 2009, ending the ten day visit to the International Space Station. Who were the other two astronauts to return with Laliberte?

  1. Sergei Revin & Richard R. Arnold

  2. Aleksandr Misurkin & Walter Cunningham

  3. Gennady Padalka & Michael Barratt

  4. Mikhail Korniyenko & Jeffrey Ashby

  5. Valery Korzun & Robert Curbeam

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C Correct answer
Explanation

The Soyuz TMA-14 mission carried Guy Laliberte to the ISS in September-October 2009. The mission commander was Gennady Padalka, a veteran Russian cosmonaut, and the flight engineer was Michael Barratt from NASA. The other options list astronauts from different missions or time periods - for instance, Sergei Revin flew on later missions, while Walter Cunningham was an Apollo-era astronaut.