Astronaut Wakata Returns to Japan
First Japanese ISS Captain
July 29, 2014, Tokyo, Japan - Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata speaks during a news conference at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Tuesday, July 29, 2014. Wakata, the first Japanese commander of the International Space Station, landed in Kazakhstan aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft upon his return to Earth on May 14 after completing a six-month mission in the space. (Photo by Natsuki Sakai/AFLO) AYF -mis-