Astronauts on eve of rocket launch

Astronauts on eve of rocket launch

Japanese astronaut Takuya Onishi waves in a press conference at a hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, on July 6, 2016, the day before the launch of a Russian Soyuz rocket to carry him and two other astronauts -- American Kathleen Rubins and Russian Anatoly Ivanishin -- to the International Space Station for their nearly four-month mission. The press conference was held through glass to protect the astronauts from infection. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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