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Astronaut Koichi Wakata will embark on his fifth space mission, a space travel record for a Japanese astronaut, aboard a new SpaceX ship in the fall of 2022 or later, Japan’s space agency said Oct. 12.
The 58-year-old astronaut will board the fifth operational Crew Dragon developed by U.S. company Space Exploration Technologies Corp. and stay at the International Space Station for a long period of time, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency said.
“This coming flight is going to be my first flight on board a commercial space vehicle. I recognize remarkable developments in the space field and acknowledge dynamic activities by the private sector on the low Earth orbit,” Wakata said in a statement.
Wakata has experience of four space flights under his belt — three U.S. Space Shuttle flights in 1996, 2000, and 2009, and a Russian Soyuz flight in 2013. It will be his third long-term expedition at the ISS following stays in 2009 and 2013.
Wakata also said “it is an honor” for him to ride the new space vehicle for a third consecutive year for JAXA astronauts, following Soichi Noguchi, 56, and Akihiko Hoshide, 52, who were on board the first and second operational space vehicles, respectively.
SpaceX, founded by Tesla Inc. CEO Elon Musk, developed the Crew Dragon as the successor to NASA’s Space Shuttle transportation system that was in service for 30 years through 2011.
Satoshi Furukawa, 57, another Japanese astronaut, plans to stay at the ISS around 2023, according to JAXA.
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