Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata will board a private spacecraft on the night of the 5th Japan time and will be launched from Florida, USA to the International Space Station at 1:00 am on the 6th.

Mr. Koichi Wakata will board the American private spacecraft, "Crew Dragon" No. 5, and will be launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, USA to the International Space Station at 1:00 am Japan time on the 6th. is.



Around 10:00 pm Japan time, Mr. Wakata and three astronauts from the United States and Russia will head to the launch pad and board the spacecraft.

Wakata updated his Twitter account at around 8:00 a.m. Japan time, saying, "Preparations for tomorrow's launch are going well. My fellow astronauts cut my hair and I feel refreshed. Thank you very much." And so on.



Mr. Wakata, 59, is the fifth space flight, the most by a Japanese astronaut.



On the other hand, three American and Russian astronauts boarding the same spacecraft will be the first space flight, and among them, the Russian astronaut will be the first Russian to board the American "Crew Dragon".



Mr. Wakata arrived at the space station before 6:00 a.m. on the 7th, Japan time, about 29 hours after the launch, and plans to stay there for about half a year. has become