Astronaut and Kyushu University alumni, Koichi Wakata, will join the Crew Dragon spaceship’s space journey in the fall of 2022. The 58-year-old astronaut has the domestic record for most cumulative time working in space, at 347 days. His next space travel would be another long-term stay on the International Space Station. Crew Dragon is the first private crewed spacecraft, and two Japanese astronauts have been onboard for their 2020 and 2021 flights. Source: NHK
Photo by Koichi Wakata official Twitter
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