Astronaut Wakata, Mastracchio visit NASA center

Astronaut Wakata, Mastracchio visit NASA center

WASHINGTON, United States - Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata (R) and NASA astronaut Richard Mastracchio (C) visit Goddard Space Flight Center in a Washington suburb on Sept. 17, 2014. The two astronauts viewed the operation of the Global Precipitation Measurement mission that helps improve the accuracy of weather reports.

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