Aboard the International Space Station, Expedition 28 Flight Engineer Satoshi Furukawa of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, a medical doctor, discussed life and work on the orbital outpost with children at the Nagano Children’s Hospital in Azumino City, Nagano Prefecture, Japan, during an in-flight educational event on June 23, 2011. Furukawa, who provided inspirational words for the hospitalized children, is in the midst of a five and a half month mission on the station.

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