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The Soyuz TMA-17 spacecraft is set on its launch pad at Baikonur cosmodrome on December 18, 2009. The International Space Station (ISS) crew of U.S. astronaut Timothy J. Creamer, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kotov and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Soichi Noguchi is due to blast off to the International Space Station from Baikonur cosmodrome onboard the Soyuz spacecraft on December 21, 2009.(Xinhua/Reuters Photo) Photo Gallery>>> |