Grown astronaut makes measurement error and can still go back to earth

moscow - The Japanese astronaut who expressed his concerns because he would have grown 9 centimeters in the international space station ISS has apologized for this. That was not the case, it was about 2 centimeters. ' I'm sorry for twittering such fake news \u0026 # x27 ;, #, ;, according to the Japanese.

Norishige Kanai thought in the first instance that he had grown extremely in space in three weeks, the BBC reported. He was concerned that he would no longer fit into a Soyuz rocket if he had to come back to earth in June.

His Russian colleague Anton Shkaplerov was skeptical about the remarkable growth spurt. That's why Kanai picked up his height again for certainty: only 2 centimeters longer. 'A measurement error,' according to the relieved Japanese. ' I will probably fit in the Soyuz when I go home. ''

Astronauts grow on average 2 to 5 centimeters when they are in space. This is because there is no gravity that presses the dorsal vertebrae together.