Satoshi Furukawa to return to Earth on 12th with ceremony at space station. In the message, he said, 'It seems like yesterday that I arrived here, and I feel sad' He and four others will leave the International Space Station in a spacecraft in the early hours of the 12th, Japan time, and are scheduled to return 18 and a half hours later.
During his stay, he conducted a variety of activities, including experiments with an eye toward future exploration of the Moon and Mars.