Astronaut Noguchi excited about space mission

Astronaut Noguchi excited about space mission

TOKYO, June 26 Kyodo - Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi (C) undergoes a training at a facility of the U.S. Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in Houston, Texas, in a photo taken in May 2002. Noguchi said on June 25 he is looking forward to helping construct the International Space Station (ISS) when the U.S. space shuttle Atlantis is launched in January 2003.

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