Noguchi in the hatch area upon arrival to the ISS during Expedition 22

ISS022-E-014025 (22 Dec. 2009) --- Wearing a festive holiday hat, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Soichi Noguchi, Expedition 22 flight engineer, ingresses the International Space Station after arriving onboard a Soyuz TMA-17 with NASA astronaut T.J. Creamer (out of frame) and Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kotov (out of frame), both flight engineers. The crew members launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan 3:52 p.m. (CST) on Dec. 20, 2009, and docked to the station at 4:48 p.m. on Dec. 22.