Koichi Wakata returns after record 5th space mission by Japanese astronaut

Japan's Koichi Wakata returned to Earth on Saturday along with three other astronauts aboard a U.S. SpaceX spacecraft, following a five-month stay at the International Space Station.Wakata, 59, completed his fifth space mission, a record for a Japanese. The country's oldest astronaut has spent a total of more than 500 days in space.The commercial spacecraft Crew Dragon deployed a parachute after entering the atmosphere with Wakata, two astronauts from U.S. space agency NASA and one from Russia landing off the coast of Florida after 9 p.m. It had left the ISS earlier in the day.A recovery te…READ FULL ARTICLE