
STS114-E-5185 (27 July 2005) --- JAXA astronaut Soichi Noguchi, STS-114 mission specialist, achieves Earth orbit for the first time after several years of training, as he prepares to join his crew mates in continuing to ready the Space Shuttle Discovery for almost 13 days in space.
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