July 28, 2008 Updated
Astronaut Hoshide's Debriefing "Humankind is truly fabulous."
Astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, who was a crewmember on the recent Space Shuttle "Discovery" mission to assemble the Japan Experiment Module Kibo's Pressurized Module to the International Space Station, reported on his space journey at a meeting at Hibiya Kokaido Hall in Tokyo on July 26 (Sat.) While showing images taken during his mission, Astronaut Hoshide expressed his feelings while in space, "I felt that humankind was truly fabulous as we could launch such a huge object into space."Another debriefing meeting by Astronaut Hoshide will be held in Tsukuba on July 31 (Thu) and in Nagoya on Aug. 1 (Fri).
July 10, 2008 Updated
Want to be a godparent of a satellite?
Seeking a nickname for the Greenhouse Gases Observing Satellite (GOSAT)
The "GOSAT" is the first satellite to observe greenhouse gas around the Earth from space in order to further promote measures to deal with global warming.Prior to its launch to space, we are asking your help to give the GOSAT a nickname. The nickname should be either in Japanese Hiragana or Katakana characters.
Please send us some appropriate nicknames by September 10 (Wed,) 2008.