In an online photo gallery, NASA has shared images from breakthrough investigations ISS crew members worked on this year, including growing veg in space.
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Japanese astronaut Hoshide excited to fly aboard SpaceX ship
Astronaut Akihiko Hoshide said Monday that he is prepared and eager to become the second Japanese to be ferried to the International Space Station aboard the commercially developed SpaceX spacecraft. I m very excited.especially flying on a new Crew Dragon, to see what it s like to fly and compare differences and similarities with the (Space) Shuttle and Soyuz, the 52-year-old veteran of two spaceflights told an online press conference.
Supplied photo shows Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide in a Crew Dragon space suit during training. (Photo courtesy of SpaceX)(Kyodo)
Hoshide attended the news conference with three fellow crew members from NASA and the European Space Agency ahead of their liftoff that is scheduled no earlier than April 20.