Soyuz astronaut Noguchi lifts off from Kazakhstan

Soyuz astronaut Noguchi lifts off from Kazakhstan

TOKYO, Japan - NASA television shows Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi inside Russia's Soyuz TMA-17 spacecraft on Dec. 21, 2009. The spacecraft carrying Noguchi and two other astronauts successfully reached orbit shortly after a predawn liftoff from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan earlier in the day. (Kyodo)

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