Noguchi in Soyuz TMA-17/21S during Sokol Suit Leak Check

ISS023-E-031305 (3 May 2010) --- Attired in his Russian Sokol launch and entry suit, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Soichi Noguchi, Expedition 23 flight engineer, is pictured in the Soyuz 21 (TMA-17) spacecraft currently docked to the International Space Station’s Zarya nadir port. Noguchi, along with Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kotov and NASA astronaut T.J. Creamer (both out of frame) were conducting a standard suit leak check in the Soyuz spacecraft in preparation for its scheduled relocation from the Zarya nadir port to the Zvezda Service Module's aft port on May 12, 2010.