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Science Society October 7, 2022 12:18 (JST)
Tokyo, Oct. 7 (Jiji Press)–A Crew Dragon spacecraft carrying Japan’s Koichi Wakata and three other astronauts docked with the International Space Station on Friday morning, Japan time.
They were greeted with hugs by the astronauts who have already stayed on the ISS.
“I’m back in zero gravity. I feel like I’ve come home,” Wataka, 59, said in a speech during a ceremony to welcome the four.
Wakata, who is making his fifth space flight, the most for a Japanese astronaut, will stay on the ISS for about six months.
He became the first Japanese captain when he previously stayed on the ISS from 2013 to 2014.
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