NASA Space Shuttle Mission STS-124 Detailed Mission Overview Image above: STS-124 crew members pose for a portrait in the Kibo Japanese Pressurized Module of the International Space Station. From the left (front row) are NASA astronauts Karen Nyberg, Garrett Reisman, both mission specialists; Mark Kelly, commander; Greg Chamitoff, Expedition 17 flight engineer; and Ken Ham, pilot. From the left (back row) are Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, NASA astronauts Ron...
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{mosgoogle right}JOHNSON SPACE CENTER, Texas -- Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide said he will miss space as he prepares to return to the Earth.
"We are returning to the Earth in several days, and I will miss space. I'd like to enjoy my last days in space by doing such things as looking at Japan, which I haven't seen from space yet," Hoshide said during a press conference at the International Space Station (ISS) on Monday (Tuesday, Japanese time).
Hoshide, 39, was among 10 astronauts who...
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Japan's Akihiko Hoshide , and other astronauts smile after having meals aboard th... Japan is scheduled to start supplying regular food to the international space station beginning next year, including ramen, ...
Akihiko Hoshide ( æåº 彰彦 , Hoshide Akihiko ? , born December 28 , 1968 ) is a Japanese engineer and a JAXA astronaut . He was born in 1968 in Setagaya , Tokyo , Japan and ...
Space shuttle Discovery crew, from left, pilot Ken Ham, mission specialist Karen Nyberg, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, commander Mark Kelly, mission specialist Mike Fossum and mission specialist Ron Garan pose for a ...