JAXA = Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's astronaut selection test is coming to an end.
Out of 4,127 applicants, a record number of 4,127, 10 men and women will face the final selection starting this month. .
JAXA has been conducting astronaut selection tests since April last year.
Of the 4,127 applicants, the largest number ever, they have been narrowed down to a total of 10 people, 8 men and 2 women, through interviews and physical fitness tests, and will face the final selection from this month.
JAXA has not clarified the details of the final selection, but the previous selection test was a "closed environment test" in which people lived in groups for a week at a JAXA isolation facility in Tsukuba City, Ibaraki Prefecture, and NASA = National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Interview tests were conducted by active astronauts.
Successful applicants are scheduled to be announced next month at the earliest, and it will be the first new Japanese astronaut in 14 years since three astronauts, including Kimiya Yui, were selected in 2009. .
NHK will be broadcasting from 9:00 pm on the 2nd, "Who will be chosen? Adhesion! Astronaut selection test," we will tell you about the candidates who are aiming to become astronauts.