今日のテキスト WAKATA BACK TO EARTH

The first Japanese commander of the International Space Station has returned to Earth. Astronaut Koichi Wakata spent six months in space.
Wakata boarded a Russian Soyuz spacecraft, along with his colleagues from Russia and the U.S. The crew headed for home. They landed on the steppes of Kazakhstan in central Asia around 8 AM local time. After receiving a physical checkup, a helicopter took them to an airport in northeastern Kazakhstan for a welcoming ceremony.
Wakata arrived at the space station in November and took command four months later. He led five other astronauts during the mission. Wakata released micro-satellites into space and recorded high-definition images of a comet. He also carried out an experiment to resuscitate dormant insects.
Wakata handed over command of the station to U.S. astronaut Steve Swanson.

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