OREANDA-NEWS. October 20, 2009. Koichi Wakata of JAXA and Michael Barratt of NASA, both recently completed their first space missions in the ISS, admire reliable Russian space vehicle Soyuz.

Wakata and Barratt stated that on Monday during the traditional celebration of the crew which returned to the Earth on Oct. 11.

"It is a big honour for me to fly in Russian Soyuz. It is a wonderful vehicle, it is very reliable and comformtable", Barratt said.

Wakata also added that "Soyuz is a time-proven, perfect and reliable system".