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Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Japanese astronaut Satoshi Furukawa revealed the pain in his first tweet

Tokyo: Japanese astronaut Satoshi Furukawa revealed the pain in his first tweet in a message through his Twitter networking site while in outer space. He wrote that he had drunk in the air as the plane on the International Space Station. As reported by NHK on Wednesday (16 / 6), Furukawa and two other astronauts arrived at the station on Friday last week. They are transported by Russian Soyuz spacecraft that glides since 8 June. Then, Furukawa posting messages via Twitter from the station on Tuesday Japan time.

Japanese astronaut Satoshi Furukawa revealed the pain in his first tweet

He writes: "The movement of outer space made me drunk. Especially when I move my head suddenly. I really feel sick. My head feels heavy. Help!"

Furukawa, a medical doctor, also said the symptoms are not caused problems. Because about two-thirds of the first experience of flying into space is only experiencing a temporary hangover. He said that from the point of view of a doctor, the symptoms were regarded as the process of brain adaptation to the weight.

Furukawa will live and work in the space station for five months. He plans to conduct various scientific experiments by using his own body.