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Akihito Hoshide

Japanese astronaut
Date of Birth: 28.12.1968
Country: Japan

Content:
  1. Early Life and Education
  2. Joining the Japanese Space Agency (NASDA)
  3. Selection and Training as an Astronaut
  4. Merger of Space Agencies and Certification
  5. First Spaceflight (STS-124)
  6. Second Spaceflight (Soyuz TMA-05M)
  7. Hobbies and Interests

Early Life and Education

Akihiko Hoshide was born on December 28, 1968, in Tokyo, Japan.

He completed one of the United World College's study programs in South-East Asia, Singapore, in 1987. In 1992, Hoshide earned a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Keio University. He continued his education at the University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering, where he obtained a Master of Science in Aerospace Engineering in 1997.

Joining the Japanese Space Agency (NASDA)

In 1992, Hoshide joined the National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA).

He worked on the development of the H-II family of launch vehicles in Nagoya for Astronaut Biography: Akihiko Hoshide | Space FEJ