Japan's Noguchi boards Soyuz rocket

Japan's Noguchi boards Soyuz rocket

BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan - Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi is seen shortly before boarding Russia's Soyuz TMA-17 rocket at the Baikonur Cosmodrome space center in Kazakhstan on Dec. 21, 2009. The spacecraft successfully reached orbit shortly after liftoff.

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