Asian American and Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander Heritage MonthOn April 8, 2010, STS-131 mission specialists Stephanie Wilson of NASA, Naoko Yamazaki of JAXA, Dorothy Metcalf-Lindenburger of NASA, and...NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, center, answers questions along with David Melcher, CEO of the Aerospace Industry Association (AIA), left, and...Kimya Yui of the Japan Aerospace Exploration AgencyKjell Lindgren of NASAExpedition 46/47 backup crew members Anatoly Ivanishin, Kate Rubins and Takuya OnishiExpedition 46/47 backup crew members Anatoly Ivanishin, Kate Rubins and Takuya OnishiPresident Park Geun-hye of South Korea operates a robotic arm as Brian Roberts, Robotic Operations Manager at NASA Goddard describes...NASA astronaut Kjell Lindgren corrals the supply of fresh fruit that arrived on the Kounotori 5 H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV-5.)Members of the New Horizons team are shown at the launch of the spacecraft, Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida...Expedition 44/45 prime crew member Kimiya Yui of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency signs a ceremonial book.Expedition 44/45 crew member Kjell Lindgren of NASA at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia.Expedition 44/45 crew members Oleg Kononenko (left) and Kjell Lindgren (center) walk with their families.Made In Space officials test a prototype of a space-ready 3D printer on Zero G's Corporation modified Boeing 737.Expedition 44 NASA astronaut Kjell Lindgren.JSC2015E055895 (05/06/2015) --- At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 44/45 crewmembers Kimya Yui of the...JSC2015E055891 (05/06/2015) --- At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 44/45 crewmembers Kjell Lindgren of NASA...American Astronaut Sunita Williams from Expedition 33 floats next to the J-SSOD containing TechEdSat-1In 1976, NASA's space shuttle Enterprise rolled out of the Palmdale manufacturing facilities and was greeted by NASA officials and...Narayanan Ramachandran, a Jacobs Technology engineer at NASA's Marshall Center, gathers velocity data during recent SLS diffuser testing.Expedition 39 Commander Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) works with computers in the Harmony node of...Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is helped out of the Soyuz Capsule just minutes after landing.Expedition 39 Commander Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) sits motionless while Flight Engineer Mikhail Tyurin of...Expedition 39 Commander Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has both hands on controls during activities involving...Expedition 39 Commander Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) carefully monitors activities of the approach, rendezvous and...NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, right, welcomes Dr. K. Radhakrishnan, Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), to NASA Headquarters...Expedition 39 Commander Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) clowns with Robonaut 2, a humanoid robot, in...Expedition 39 Commander Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is photographed during a fit check of the...Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Aki Hoshide, Expedition 32 flight engineer, uses a digital still camera to expose a photo...Caroline Kennedy, U.S. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Japan, center, tours the Tanegashima Space Center Visitors Center with Japan Aerospace...Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Koichi Wakata, Expedition 38 flight engineer, poses for a photo at a window in the...Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata, Expedition 38 flight engineer and Expedition 39 commander, responds to a question...JSC2013-E-013783 (6 March 2013) -- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata, Expedition 38 flight engineer and Expedition 39...JSC2013-E-048265 (22 May 2013) -- In the Cosmonaut Hotel crew quarters in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace...Dr. Huu Trinh and his team with the Propulsion Systems and Test Departments at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in...Bobak Ferdowsi, Flight Director, Mars Curiosity Rover, answers questions from Scholastic News young reporter Emily Shao prior to the start...JSC2012-E-048058 (22 March 2012) -- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata, Expedition 38 flight engineer and Expedition 39...JSC2013-E-007021 (18 Jan. 2013) -- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata, Expedition 38 flight engineer and Expedition 39...Five years ago today, on Oct. 10, 2007, U.S. astronaut Peggy A. Whitson, the first woman to command the International...NASA astronaut Sunita Williams, Expedition 32 flight engineer, appears to touch the bright sun during the mission's third session of...Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, attired in a training version of his spacesuit, is submerged in the...