In space, no need to get boomerang

TOKYO, March 22 (UPI) -- A Japanese astronaut has shown a boomerang will return when you throw it in outer space, much like it does on on gravity-bound Earth.

A Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency spokeswoman said astronaut Takao Doi "threw a boomerang and saw it come back" while in the International Space Station, indicating boomerangs do not rely on gravity to return to its owner, the Daily Mail reported Saturday.

The 53-year-old astronaut had been asked by world boomerang champion Yasuhiro Togai to conduct the unusual experiment and following the March 18 test, Doi called his wife with the news.

"I was very surprised and moved to see that it flew the same way it does on Earth," he said.

A tape of the space boomerang toss is to be released later, the space agency told the British newspaper.