Japan’s NTV traveled outside Moscow to film the country’s next astronaut undergoing training.

Takuya Onishi will head to the International Space Station in 2016.

Onishi and his two fellow crewmembers practiced a water landing in a real Soyuz capsule.

They rehearsed exiting the spacecraft and removing their spacesuits under watery conditions.

Onishi said the tough training would help the crew bond.

Onishi was once a commercial pilot for Japan’s All Nippon Airways.