Astronaut Wakata returns to Earth

Astronaut Wakata returns to Earth

ZHEZKAZGAN, Kazakhstan - Astronaut Koichi Wakata (C), the first Japanese captain of the International Space Station, walks out of a tent after receiving medical checks in Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on May 14, 2014. Wakata, who completed a six-month mission, returned to Earth earlier in the day aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft.

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