Astronaut Kanai undergoes final check before Soyuz launch

Astronaut Kanai undergoes final check before Soyuz launch

Japanese astronaut Norishige Kanai undergoes a final checkup before a Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying him and two other astronauts is launched to the International Space Station on Dec. 17, 2017. The Soyuz was successfully launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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