Japanese astronaut Noguchi gets ready for space travel

Japanese astronaut Noguchi gets ready for space travel

BIKONUR, Kazakhstan - Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi speaks at a news conference at Russia's Bikonur space center in Bikonur, Kazakhstan on Dec. 19, 2009, prior to his departure for the International Space Station slated Dec. 21. He will fly aboard Russia's Soyuz spacecraft.

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