Japanese astronaut Wakata speaks from Houston via video

Japanese astronaut Wakata speaks from Houston via video

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata speaks from Houston, Texas, to reporters in Tokyo in a video link on May 28, 2014, two weeks after returning to Earth following a six-month space mission.

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