From left: Russian Cosmonaut Oleg Kotov, NASA Astronaut Timothy Creamer and Japanese Astronaut Soichi Noguchi before lifting off inside their Soyuz-TMA-17 spacecraft atop a Soyuz-FG rocket from the Baikonur space center. The three men will work aboard the International Space Station.

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A Soyuz-FG rocket launching the Soyuz-TMA-17 spacecraft with Russian Cosmonaut Oleg Kotov, NASA Astronaut Timothy Creamer and Japanese Astronaut Soichi Noguchi off from the Baikonur space center. The three men will work aboard the International Space Station.

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