Astronaut Wakata speaks about Columbia

Astronaut Wakata speaks about Columbia

HOUSTON, United States - Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata tells a news conference at the Johnson Space Center in Houston on Feb. 7 that he still finds it hard to believe the midair breakup of the space shuttle Columbia earlier this month.

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