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Tuesday 24th November, 07:27 AM JST

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Soichi Noguchi takes part in a training session at Star City Cosmonaut Training Center outside Moscow, on Monday. Nouguchi will serve as flight engineer on the International Space Station, and is due to take off from Baikonur cosmodrome on Dec 21.

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NeoJamal at 08:26 AM JST - 24th November

I just love the russian-ness of the cosmonaut head gear
Katsuro1000 at 08:37 AM JST - 24th November

Lol i agree with you.
societymike at 08:38 AM JST - 24th November

The 70's era Russian technology in a modern space craft is also pretty entertaining. lol
Makun at 09:24 AM JST - 24th November

Is he playing DS?
jeffrey at 10:16 AM JST - 24th November

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Soichi Noguchi takes part in a training session at Star City Cosmonaut Training Center outside Moscow, on Monday. Nouguchi will serve as flight engineer on the International Space Station, and is due to take off from Baikonur cosmodrome on Dec 21.

Why?
gogogo at 10:36 AM JST - 24th November

Wonder if they told him they just cut funding to the Aerospace program in Japan?
societymike at 11:14 AM JST - 24th November

^^gogogo, hahaha was thinking the same thing
HonestDictator at 11:39 AM JST - 24th November

from what i recall the current spacecraft still use old equipment and computers from the 60-70s. Now either one of two things is happening, that old stuff is still effective and has no need to be updated, or we do need to seriously upgrade it.
titian at 11:45 AM JST - 24th November

jeffrey:

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Soichi Noguchi takes part in a training session... Why?

Plain simple: in order to train how to use the Russian-made hardware installed (for whatever reason) in the ISS. And is has nothing to do with the "funding to the Aerospace program in Japan."
perspective at 01:27 PM JST - 24th November

One thing that I've always wondered about being in zero g - how does one take a dump? I mean, think about it, with no gravity it doesn't just fall into the bowl, now does it?