Astronauts return to Earth

Astronauts return to Earth

ARKALYK, Kazakhstan - Japanese astronaut Satoshi Furukawa (R) is carried by compatriot astronaut Soichi Noguchi (L) and others from a Soyuz spacecraft on a plain near Arkalyk, Kazakhstan, at 8:55 a.m. on Nov. 22, 2011, with the reentry capsule of the spacecraft shown in the background. The spacecraft carrying Furukawa and two other astronauts -- American Mike Fossum and Sergei Volkov of Russia -- landed at 8:25 a.m., bringing the three back to Earth after they completed a five-and-a-half-month mission aboard the International Space Station. (Kyodo)

  • Product Code
  • ILEA000327944
  • Registered date
  • 2011/11/22 00:00:00
  • Credit
  • Kyodo / Kyodo News Images
  • Media source
  • Media size
  • 2671 × 2092 pixel
  • Resolution
  • 240 dpi
  • Deployment size
  • 1.27(MB)*
  • Special instruction

*File size when opened in Photoshop, etc.

Similar Images & Videos
    Japanese astronaut Noguchi

    Japanese astronaut Noguchi

    Screenshot image taken May 27, 2021, shows Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi waving after an online press conference. He returned to Earth on May 2 following a six-month mission at the International Space Station.
      Japanese astronaut Noguchi

      Japanese astronaut Noguchi

      Screenshot image taken May 27, 2021, shows Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi attending an online press conference. He returned to Earth on May 2 following a six-month mission at the International Space Station.
        SpaceX ship lifts off with U.S., Japanese astronauts aboard

        SpaceX ship lifts off with U.S., Japanese astronauts aboard

        Students watch a live broadcast of the launch of the SpaceX ship carrying Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi on a screen on Nov. 16, 2020, at Noguchi's old elementary school in Chibasaki near Tokyo. The Crew Dragon space capsule bound for the International Space Station was launched from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
          Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi

          Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi

          Screenshot image shows Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi speaking at an online conference for Japanese media on Nov. 9, 2020. Noguchi and three NASA astronauts are set to travel to the International Space Station from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Nov. 14 aboard a spacecraft developed by SpaceX.
            Online talks between astronaut and science minister

            Online talks between astronaut and science minister

            Photo taken in Tokyo on Oct. 14, 2020, shows Japanese science minister Koichi Hagiuda (R) holding online talks with Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi (on screen), who is at his home in Houston, Texas, ahead of his next space flight. The launch of SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft carrying Noguchi and others to the International Space Station has been postponed from Oct. 31, 2020, to November or later due to the need for additional checks.
              Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi on SpaceX mission

              Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi on SpaceX mission

              Screenshot image shows Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi attending an online press conference on Sept. 30, 2020. Noguchi and three NASA astronauts will fly aboard a spacecraft developed by SpaceX, currently scheduled for liftoff on Oct. 31 on a mission to the International Space Station.
                Astronaut Norishige Kanai

                Astronaut Norishige Kanai

                Astronaut Norishige Kanai speaks at an event with children in Ichikawa, Chiba Prefecture, on Nov. 25, 2018, about his experiences during his five-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
                  Soyuz launch to ISS

                  Soyuz launch to ISS

                  BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan, Dec. 19 Kyodo - Japanese astronaut Norishige Kanai clenches his fist before boarding a Russian Soyuz spacecraft at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Dec. 17, 2017. The spacecraft was successfully launched to the International Space Station later in the day with two other astronauts from Russia and the United States on board. (Pool photo)
                    Soyuz launch to ISS

                    Soyuz launch to ISS

                    BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan, Dec. 19 Kyodo - Three astronauts -- Scott Tingle of the United States (R), Norishige Kanai of Japan (C) and Anton Shkaplerov of Russia -- board a Russian Soyuz spacecraft at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Dec. 17, 2017. The aircraft was successfully launched to the International Space Station later in the day.
                      Soyuz launch to ISS

                      Soyuz launch to ISS

                      BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan, Dec. 19 Kyodo - Japanese astronaut Norishige Kanai smiles before boarding a Russian Soyuz spacecraft at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Dec. 17, 2017. The spacecraft was successfully launched to the International Space Station later in the day with two other astronauts from Russia and the United States on board.