An empty U.S. spacesuit bearing a patch of the Japanese flag on the left shoulder is pictured inside the International Space Station's Quest airlock.
iss065e282008 (Aug. 22, 2021) — An empty U.S. spacesuit bearing a patch of the Japanese flag on the left shoulder is pictured inside the International Space Station’s Quest airlock. Expedition 65 Commander Akihiko Hoshide wore this spacesuit during a spacewalk on Sept. 12 with Flight Engineer Thomas Pesquet of ESA (European Space Agency). Stowed above the spacesuit are the gloves that the astronauts wore.