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Japanese astronaut Furukawa

MOSCOW, Russia - Japanese astronaut Satoshi Furukawa (L) and his fellow astronauts pose for photos in the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center on the outskirts of Moscow on May 12, 2011. They began a two-day final examination the same day to be formally tapped as members of a team to stay at the International Space Station from June.

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Japanese astronaut Furukawa

MOSCOW, Russia - Japanese astronaut Satoshi Furukawa (L) and his fellow astronauts pose for photos in the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center on the outskirts of Moscow on May 12, 2011. They began a two-day final examination the same day to be formally tapped as members of a team to stay at the International Space Station from June.

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Noguchi returns to Earth

ARKALYK, Kazakhstan - Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi is carried to a waiting helicopter in Arkalyk, Kazakhstan, on June 2, 2010, following his return to Earth with two fellow astronauts aboard the Russian Soyuz spacecraft. Noguchi was in space for 163 days, the longest mission ever completed by a Japanese astronaut.

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Noguchi returns to Earth

ARKALYK, Kazakhstan - Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi is carried after his return to Earth with two fellow astronauts aboard the Russian Soyuz spacecraft in Arkalyk, Kazakhstan, on June 2, 2010. Noguchi was in space for 163 days, the longest mission ever completed by a Japanese astronaut.

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Noguchi returns to Earth

ARKALYK, Kazakhstan - Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi speaks to his family by phone after returning to Earth with two fellow astronauts aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft in Arkalyk, Kazakhstan, on June 2, 2010. Noguchi was in space for 163 days, the longest mission ever completed by a Japanese astronaut.

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Noguchi returns to Earth

ARKALYK, Kazakhstan - Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi holds an apple handed to him following his return to Earth aboard the Russian Soyuz spacecraft with two fellow astronauts, as compatriot astronaut Koichi Wakata speaks to him in Arkalyk, Kazakhstan, on June 2, 1010. After taking a bite, Noguchi said the apple was '' delicious'' but ''heavy.''

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Noguchi returns to Earth

ARKALYK, Kazakhstan - Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi is taken out of the Russian Soyuz spacecraft after his return to Earth with two fellow astronauts in Arkalyk, Kazakhstan, on June 2, 2010. Noguchi, who returned from the International Space Station with Russia's Oleg Kotov and T.J. Creamer of the United States, said he was in ''perfect'' condition.

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Noguchi returns to Earth

ARKALYK, Kazakhstan - Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi holds an apple handed to him following his return to Earth aboard the Russian Soyuz spacecraft with two fellow astronauts, as compatriot astronaut Koichi Wakata speaks to him in Arkalyk, Kazakhstan, on June 2, 1010. After taking a bite, Noguchi said the apple was '' delicious'' but ''heavy.'' (Kyodo)

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Noguchi returns to Earth

ARKALYK, Kazakhstan - Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi is carried to a waiting helicopter in Arkalyk, Kazakhstan, on June 2, 2010, following his return to Earth with two fellow astronauts aboard the Russian Soyuz spacecraft. Noguchi was in space for 163 days, the longest mission ever completed by a Japanese astronaut. (Kyodo)

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Noguchi returns to Earth

ARKALYK, Kazakhstan - Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi is carried after his return to Earth with two fellow astronauts aboard the Russian Soyuz spacecraft in Arkalyk, Kazakhstan, on June 2, 2010. Noguchi was in space for 163 days, the longest mission ever completed by a Japanese astronaut. (Kyodo)

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Noguchi returns to Earth

ARKALYK, Kazakhstan - Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi speaks to his family by phone after returning to Earth with two fellow astronauts aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft in Arkalyk, Kazakhstan, on June 2, 2010. Noguchi was in space for 163 days, the longest mission ever completed by a Japanese astronaut. (Kyodo)

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Noguchi returns to Earth

ARKALYK, Kazakhstan - Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi is taken out of the Russian Soyuz spacecraft after his return to Earth with two fellow astronauts in Arkalyk, Kazakhstan, on June 2, 2010. Noguchi, who returned from the International Space Station with Russia's Oleg Kotov and T.J. Creamer of the United States, said he was in ''perfect'' condition. (Kyodo)

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Japanese astronaut Furukawa

MOSCOW, Russia - Japanese astronaut Satoshi Furukawa (L) and his fellow astronauts pose for photos in the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center on the outskirts of Moscow on May 12, 2011. They began a two-day final examination the same day to be formally tapped as members of a team to stay at the International Space Station from June. (Kyodo)

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Japanese astronaut Furukawa

MOSCOW, Russia - Japanese astronaut Satoshi Furukawa (L) and his fellow astronauts pose for photos in the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center on the outskirts of Moscow on May 12, 2011. They began a two-day final examination the same day to be formally tapped as members of a team to stay at the International Space Station from June. (Kyodo)