Astronaut Satoshi Furukawa announced that he would be heading to the International Space Station on a private American spacecraft as early as August and staying for a long period of about six months, and Furukawa expressed his enthusiasm, saying, "I would like to work on it with sincerity."
Astronaut Satoshi Furukawa held a press conference in Tokyo on the 22nd and announced that he would head to the International Space Station aboard the U.S. private spacecraft "Crew Dragon" as early as mid-August, and will stay for a long time for about six months.
At the press conference, Mr. Furukawa expressed his enthusiasm, saying, "I am humbled, and I will continue to work with all my heart and always have the desire to take on new challenges."
In addition, when asked about the disciplinary action taken by JAXA = Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency in January for rewriting data and receiving disciplinary action from JAXA = Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency for "admonishment," he said, "It was a research project with a large number of people, and we were not able to thoroughly raise awareness of everyone, so we would like to make use of the lessons learned and move forward firmly."
Mr. Furukawa was born in Yokohama City and is 8 years old.
In 1, the Russian spacecraft "Soyuz" made its first space flight, and this is the second time.
In addition, this is the fourth time in four consecutive years that Japan astronauts have boarded the Crew Dragon bound for the International Space Station, following Soichi Noguchi, Akihiko Hoshide three years ago, and Koichi Wakata last year.