Astronaut Soichi Noguchi Arrived at Kennedy Space Center November 9, 6:52

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Soichi Noguchi, a Japanese astronaut who is planning to head to the International Space Station on a spacecraft developed by an American private company, arrived at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on the 8th.

Astronaut Soichi Noguchi, along with three American astronauts, was selected as the crew member of the first full-scale operation of the spacecraft "Crew Dragon" developed by the American space development company "SpaceX" this month. I am planning to head to the International Space Station on the 15th.



On the 8th, Mr. Noguchi moved from the NASA Space Center in Texas, where he was training, to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.



At a press conference held after arrival, Mr. Noguchi said, "It's a difficult time, but I would like to deliver this mission to the important people who support me in Japan."



Mr. Noguchi has flown on the US Space Shuttle and the Russian Soyuz spacecraft, and this time it will be the third type of spacecraft.



Mr. Noguchi plans to stay at the International Space Station for about half a year, and has conducted experiments that will be the basis for applying human iPS cells to create three-dimensional organs, and installed them in Kibo in cooperation with an information and communication company. It is planned to use the studio to distribute the program to the ground.



The spacecraft on which Mr. Noguchi will board is scheduled to be launched at 9:49 am on the 15th of this month, Japan time.