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Astronauts blast off for Christmas space mission

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Updated: 2009-12-21 09:47

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Astronauts blast off for Christmas space mission

The Russian Soyuz TMA-17 spacecraft, carrying the International Space Station (ISS) crew of US 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. [Agencies]

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