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Mitsubishi Heavy Industries unveils the then new H-2B rocket at their factory at Tobishima village in Aichi prefecture, near Nagoya on February 12, 2009.
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Japan's H-IIB rocket lists off from the launching pad in the Tanegashima space centre in southern Japan on January 22, 2011.
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Another view of the lift-off of the rocket ferrying cargo including food, water and experimental tools for astronauts in the International Space Station.
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Japan's H-IIB rocket blasts off from the Tanegashima space centre in southern Japan on January 22, 2011. The rocket ferrying cargo including food, water and experimental tools for astronauts in the International Space Station was put into an orbit successfully, Japan's space agency said. AFP PHOTO/Jiji Press (Photo credit should read JIJI PRESS/AFP/Getty Images)
