Capsule with samples from space arrives on eastern Japan island

A capsule containing experiment samples from the International Space Station arrived on Japan's easternmost island on Monday for further delivery to a space center in the country, after splashing down in the Pacific a day before.On Minamitori Island, the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency will take out the samples from the capsule -- protein crystals grown in zero gravity on the ISS -- and airlift them to an airport in Ibaraki Prefecture, northeast of Tokyo, on Tuesday.The samples, the first of their kind successfully retrieved by Japan from the ISS, will then be taken to the Tsukuba Spa…READ FULL ARTICLE