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Akihiko Hoshide

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Expedition 32 Crew Preps for Launch

201207150025hq (15 July 2012) --- Expedition 32 JAXA Flight Engineer Akihiko Hoshide lies in a chair to have his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked in preparation for his launch onboard the Soyuz TMA-05M on July 15, 2012 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Hoshide, Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko and NASA Flight Engineer Sunita Williams is scheduled for the morning of July 15 (Kazakhstan time). Photo credit: NASA/GCTC/Irina Peshkova