Astronaut Hoshide Ms. U.S. Private Spacecraft No. 2 to board next spring around July 28, 16:43

Astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, who will be the second Japanese captain at the International Space Station, decided to board spacecraft No. 2 of an American private spacecraft and make a space flight next spring. JAXA=Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency announced.

Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide (51) plans to serve as the second Japanese captain after Koichi Wakata at the International Space Station. I was supposed to board, but it was postponed.

As a result of the NASA-American Aeronautics and Space Administration making adjustments, JAXA announced that it will board the No. 2 private spacecraft "Crew Dragon" and head to the International Space Station around spring next year.

The "Crew Dragon" is a spacecraft developed by the private company "Space X". As a final test flight, two American astronauts were successfully docked on the International Space Station. Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi will be on board the first stage aircraft.

Mr. Hoshide is from Tokyo and boarded the Space Shuttle in 2008, and in 2012 he was on the Soyuz in Russia for a long stay at the International Space Station, and this is his third space flight. ..