Crew of the International Space Station is greeted in Star cityCanadian astronaut Robert Thirsk ( L ) , Russian cosmonaut Roman Romanenko ( C ) and Belgian astronaut Frank De Winne ( R ) walk together while attending a greeting ceremony at Cosmonaut training center in Star City , outside Moscow , 07 December 2009 . The crew of the International Space Station ( ISS ) landed in Kazakhstan on 01 December 2009 and were greeted following an old Soviet tradition as Explorers of the Space . EPA / SERGEI CHIRIKOV < 뉴스 의 새 시대 , 연합뉴스 Live > < 연합뉴스 폰 > < 포토 매거진 >< 저작권자 ( c ) 연합뉴스 . 무단 전재 - 재배 포금 지 . >