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The Russian Soyuz TMA-17 spacecraft, carrying 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, blasts off from its launchpad at the Baikonur cosmodrome December 21, 2009. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo) Photo Gallery>>> |