Discovery blasts off, carrying Japanese astronaut Noguchi

Discovery blasts off, carrying Japanese astronaut Noguchi

CAPE CANAVERAL, United States - The space shuttle Discovery lifts off from Kennedy Space Center in Florida, at 10:39 a.m. EDT on July 26, on the first shuttle flight in almost two and a half years since the Columbia disaster. (Kyodo)

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