Astronaut Koichi Wakata, who has been living aboard the International Space Station since mid-March, has carried out a series of offbeat space experiments proposed by the Japanese public.
Here’s a condensed version of the footage that the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has posted online.
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In addition to attempting various physical exercises and gymnastics (including calisthenics, push-ups, flips, twirls, cartwheels, overhead soccer kicks, and swimming), Koichi folds clothes, rides a “magic carpet,” squirts water from a syringe, puts eyedrops in his eye, and attempts to propel himself through the room by flapping a fan. He also enlists the help of a fellow astronaut for some arm wrestling, hand-shaking, slap sumo, and tug of war.
[Soundtrack: "Seashell" by Skylab (from the "Skylab#1" CD) - picked up from a post on the fascinating Pink Tentacle]