Brazil's first astronaut Marcos Pontes waves while seating on a landing capsule after landing near the town of Arkalyk in northern Kazakhstan April 9, 2006. Brazil's first astronaut landed safely in the Kazakh steppe on Sunday, returning from a 10-day trip in space with a Russian-U.S. crew that had spent six months on board the International Space Station, mission control said. Pontes, a 43-year-old Brazilian Air Force pilot, fulfilled a childhood dream in becoming the first Brazilian in space. He returned to Earth with American Bill McArthur and Russian Valery Tokarev on board Soyuz. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov