Residents cheer Noguchi's liftoff from Kazakhstan

Residents cheer Noguchi's liftoff from Kazakhstan

CHIGASAKI, Japan - Residents of the hometown of Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi applaud after seeing Russia's Soyoz TMA-17's liftoff from Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan through a live broadcast in Chigasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Dec. 21, 2009. Some 400 residents, including many students, gathered at the city hall early in the morning to watch the launch of the space capsule carrying Noguchi and two others, heading for the International Space Station.

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