TOKYO, January 16 – RIA Novosti, Xenia Naka. Japanese astronaut Kimia Yui, who spent the ISS 142 days together with the Russian and American astronauts, said that he intends to be “a bridge between Japan and Russia “.
” I learned Russian and would like to further play the role of bridge between the two countries in space “, – the broadcaster NHK word astronaut at a press conference in Star City, noting that questions Yui replied in Russian.
The astronaut said he was ready “tomorrow to go into space again, but as there is a sequence, it supports the following Japanese astronaut Takuya Onishi”.
The most memorable event Yui described the moment of successful docking of the cargo ship from Japan’s robotic arm.
Members of the crew of the manned spacecraft “Soyuz TMA – 17M” Oleg Kononenko (Roscosmos), Kimia Yui (JAXA) and Chell Lindgren (NASA) returned from the International Space Station (ISS) to Earth December 11, 2015.
Start manned transport spacecraft “Soyuz TMA-17M” took place July 23, 2015. The crew worked aboard the International Space Station 142 days. The crew of “Soyuz TMA-17M” on the ISS has fulfilled more than 50 scientific experiments. Many of them have important applications in science, medicine, and humanity as a whole. They were replaced on December 15 at the International Space Station went to Yuri Malenchenko (Roscosmos), Timothy Kopra (NASA) and Timothy Peak (ESA).
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