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JAXA may drop science degree from astronaut requirements : The Asahi Shimbun

Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide carries out a mission outside the International Space Station in 2012. (Provided by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency may soon not have its requirements for astronauts down to a science anymore. JAXA is considering scrapping its mandate that prospective astronauts have college degrees in science to find the right people for increasingly diverse missions. “Many university graduates with non-science degrees are also working as airline pilots, system engineers and computer programmers,” said Kazuyoshi Kawasaki, who heads the Management and Integration Department at JAXA’s Human Spaceflight Technology Directorate. We want to ease the requirement of academic qualifications and offer people with various backgrounds a chance to become astronauts.”

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Coverage Set for NASA s SpaceX Crew-2 Briefings, Events, Broadcasts

Share this article Share this article WASHINGTON, April 9, 2021 /PRNewswire/ NASA will provide coverage of the upcoming prelaunch and launch activities for the agency s SpaceX Crew-2 mission with astronauts to the International Space Station. This is the second crew rotation flight of the SpaceX Crew Dragon and the first with two international partners. The flight follows certification by NASA for regular flights to the space station as part of the agency s Commercial Crew Program. The launch, on a Falcon 9 rocket, is targeted for 6:11 a.m. EDT Thursday, April 22, from Launch Complex 39A at NASA s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Crew Dragon is scheduled to dock to the space station about 5:30 a.m. Friday, April. 23. Prelaunch activities, launch, and docking will air live on NASA Television, the NASA app, and the agency s website.

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Coverage Set for NASA s SpaceX Crew-2 Briefings, Events, Broadcasts

Coverage Set for NASA s SpaceX Crew-2 Briefings, Events, Broadcasts
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Watch live now! NASA previews SpaceX s Crew-2 astronaut mission to the space station

Watch live now! NASA previews SpaceX s Crew-2 astronaut mission to the space station Space 01/03/2021 Space.com Staff © Provided by Space The Crew-2 mission astronauts from left, ESA s Thomas Pesquet, NASA s Megan McArthur and Shane Kimbrough, and JAXA s Akihiko Hoshide train for their upcoming mission on a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule, which is scheduled to launch no earlier than April 20, 2020. NASA will preview the upcoming SpaceX Crew-2 astronaut mission to the International Space Station today (March 1) in a pair of briefings beginning at 12:30 p.m. EST (1730 GMT). SpaceX is scheduled to launch the Crew-2 mission to the International Space Station for NASA on April 20. On board will be four crewmembers: NASA astronauts Shane Kimbrough and Megan McArthur, JAXA astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, and ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet.

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Winner of 5th round of the KiboCUBE programme to deploy a satellite from the International Space Station announced and opening of 6th round

UNIS/OS/541 10 September 2020 Winner of 5th round of the KiboCUBE programme to deploy a satellite from the International Space Station announced and opening of 6th round VIENNA, 10 December (United Nations Information Service) - The United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) are continuing their cooperation on the KiboCUBE programme, which provides developing countries with the opportunity to deploy a cube satellite from the Japanese Experiment Module Kibo of the International Space Station (ISS). A team from the Central American Integration System (SICA) have been selected as the winners of the fifth round, marking the first time an international organization wins KiboCUBE. SICA s Member States are Belize, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama. The winning team, which brings together participants from several SICA countries, will develop a cube satellite cal

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