Astronaut Furukawa in Russia

Astronaut Furukawa in Russia

MOSCOW, Russia - Japanese astronaut Satoshi Furukawa holds a press conference at the Yuri Gagarin cosmonaut training center at Star City in suburban Moscow on Dec. 15, 2011.

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