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Russia Space Station
Shamil Zhumatov
Canadian astronaut Robert Thirsk gestures as he rests inside a vehicle of the Russian Space Agency shortly after his landing in the steppe near the town of Arkalyk, northern Kazakhstan, Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2009. Astronauts from Canada and Belgium and a Russian cosmonaut landed safely on the Kazakhstan steppe on Tuesday, wrapping up a six-month stint on the International Space Station. (AP Photo/Shamil Zhumatov, Pool)