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ZHEZKAZGAN - KAZAKHSTAN - JUNE 2: In this image provided by NASA, Expedition 23 Flight Engineer Expedition 23 Flight Engineer Soichi Noguchi sits in a chair outside the Soyuz Capsule just minutes after he and fellow crew members Soichi Noguchi and Commander Oleg Kotov landed in their Soyuz TMA-17 capsule June 2, 2010 near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan. NASA Astronaut Creamer, Russian Cosmonaut Kotov and Japanese Astronaut Noguchi are returning from six months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 22 and 23 crews. (Photo by Bill Ingalls/NASA via Getty Images)

ZHEZKAZGAN - KAZAKHSTAN - JUNE 2:  In this image provided by NASA, Expedition 23 Flight Engineer Expedition 23 Flight Engineer Soichi Noguchi sits in a chair outside the Soyuz Capsule just minutes after he and fellow crew members Soichi Noguchi and Commander Oleg Kotov landed in their Soyuz TMA-17 capsule June 2, 2010 near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan. NASA Astronaut Creamer, Russian Cosmonaut Kotov and Japanese Astronaut Noguchi are returning from six months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 22 and 23 crews. (Photo by Bill Ingalls/NASA via Getty Images)