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Onishi becomes 8th Japanese to board ISS

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Takuya Onishi became the eighth Japanese astronaut to board the International Space Station on July 9, as he begins a four-month mission to conduct experiments, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency said.

Onishi, 40, boarded with Anatoli Ivanishin, 47, of Russia's Roscosmos agency and Kate Rubins, 37, of the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

"Everything worked out fine and it was a wonderful trip to space," Onishi told the mission control center in Moscow. (Kyodo, AP)

大西さん 国際宇宙ステーションに到着

大西卓哉さんを含む3人の宇宙飛行士を乗せたロシアの宇宙船「ソユーズ」は7月9日、国際宇宙ステーション（ISS）へのドッキングに成功した。

The Japan Times ST: July 22, 2016