Astronaut career Akihiko Hoshide



hoshide taking space selfie during extravehicular activity (eva) on september 5, 2012, sun behind him.


in february 1999 hoshide selected nasda (now jaxa) 1 of 3 japanese astronaut candidates international space station (iss). started iss astronaut basic training program in april 1999 , certified astronaut in january 2001. since april 2001, has participated in iss advanced training, supporting development of hardware , operation of japanese experiment module kibō , h-ii transfer vehicle (htv).


in may 2004, completed soyuz-tma flight engineer-1 training @ yuri gagarin cosmonaut training center in star city, russia , transferred johnson space center. completed nasa astronaut candidate training , assigned crew of sts-124, second of 3 flights launched components international space station complete japanese kibō laboratory in may 2008.


after making earth after mission sts-124, hoshide spent time talking students mission. visited schools such assumption st. bridget school , thomas jefferson high school science , technology.


he once again journeyed international space station on july 15, 2012 aboard soyuz tma-05m. during stay, recorded first voice acting performance in space cameo appearance in 31st episode of anime television series, space brothers, aired on november 4, 2012.


his space selfies 2012, including space selfie posted on instagram, appeared @ top of many selfie lists of 2013.


on june 10, 2014, nasa announced hoshide command neemo 18 undersea exploration mission aboard aquarius underwater laboratory, began on july 21, 2014 , lasted 9 days. in 2016 hoshide participated esa caves, underground space analogue aims among others improve human behavior , performance skills.








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