An astronaut, Soichi Noguchi, who is staying at the International Space Station (ISS) for a long time, received a video reading the picture book "Mottainai Grandma" from space, March 3, 2010, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo It was unveiled at the event of the Otanashi Corps held at Nihon Elementary School.
Mr. Noguchi also talked about the importance of using water on the space station and the efforts to prevent the generation of garbage.
This is the first time in the world to read story books from space. It was a great surprise for the children who participated.
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