Wakata in final training in Russia for space station stay

Wakata in final training in Russia for space station stay

MOSCOW, Russia - Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata wears a spacesuit at the Gagarin cosmonaut training center near Moscow on Nov. 17 as he began final training to prepare for his scheduled three-month stay aboard the International Space Station beginning in February next year.

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