Wakata composes, recites poem in space

Wakata composes, recites poem in space

HOUSTON, United States - Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata on Oct. 15 displays a piece of paper on which he composed a poem, in traditional Japanese style, about the Earth as seen from the space shuttle Discovery. ''The green grass of the Earth is glittering in the limitless darkness of space,'' Wakata said into a television camera in the spacecraft. Commander Brian Duffy is at his left. Photo was taken from a TV broadcast by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

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