S114-E-6022 (1 August 2005) --- Astronaut Soichi Noguchi, representing the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), attired in his Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) space suit on the middeck of the Space Shuttle Discovery, prepares for the scheduled seven-hour space walk with fellow STS-114 mission specialist, astronaut Stephen K. Robinson (out of frame).