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ISS: Japanese astronaut Norishige Kanai worried by growth spurt
Source: BBC
ISS: Japanese astronaut Norishige Kanai worried by growth spurt
9 January 2018
A Japanese astronaut who is living on the International Space Station says he has grown 9cm (3.5in) since arriving there just over three weeks ago.
Norishige Kanai wrote on social media he was worried he would not fit into the seat of the Russian Soyuz vehicle that is due to bring him home in June.
Astronauts grow an average of between two and five centimetres in space.
This is because of the absence of gravity which allows the vertebrae in their spines to spread apart.
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Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-42618786
Astronaut Norishige Kanai (L) left Earth for the ISS last month on a six-month mission