Astronaut Noguchi determined to continue mission

Astronaut Noguchi determined to continue mission

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi (on screen) speaks in Houston at a news conference in Tokyo on Feb. 21 via a TV conference system about the postponed Atlantis mission he was scheduled to join. He expressed his determination to continue work if the mission set for March is rescheduled after it was postponed due to the Feb. 1 midair breakup of the shuttle Columbia.

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