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Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency Astronaut Koichi Wakata
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency Astronaut Koichi Wakata

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Koichi Wakata conducts a session with a pair of bowling-ball-sized free-flying satellites

MAVEN Spacecraft Positioned Atop Atlas V Rocket
MAVEN Spacecraft Positioned Atop Atlas V Rocket

Nov. 8,2013 - - NASA's MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN) spacecraft, inside a payload fairing, is hoisted to the…

Formal Farewell for Expedition 38 Crew
Formal Farewell for Expedition 38 Crew

Dmitry Kozak, Deputy Prime Minister of Russian Federation, standing left, next to Oleg Ostapenko, Head of Roscosmos, give a formal…

Astronaut Rick Mastracchio Preps for Launch to Station
Astronaut Rick Mastracchio Preps for Launch to Station

Expedition 38 Flight Engineer Rick Mastracchio of NASA is seen laying in a seat liner as he and fellow crew…

Suited Up for Soyuz Launch
Suited Up for Soyuz Launch

Seated left to right, Expedition 38 Flight Engineer Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Soyuz Commander Mikhail Tyurin…

Expedition 38 Crew Receives Traditional Blessing
Expedition 38 Crew Receives Traditional Blessing

Expedition 38 Soyuz Commander Mikhail Tyurin of Roscosmos receives the traditional blessing from a Russian Orthodox priest at the Cosmonaut…

Astronaut Koichi Wakata Signs Cosmonaut Hotel Door
Astronaut Koichi Wakata Signs Cosmonaut Hotel Door

Expedition 38 Flight Engineer Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency performs the traditional door signing at the Cosmonaut…

Blessing of Expedition 38 Soyuz
Blessing of Expedition 38 Soyuz

An Orthodox priest blesses the Soyuz rocket at the Baikonur Cosmodrome Launch pad on Nov. 6, 2013 in Kazakhstan. The…

State Commission Meeting for Expedition 38 Launch
State Commission Meeting for Expedition 38 Launch

From left behind glass, Expedition 38 prime crew members, Flight Engineer Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Soyuz…

Expedition 38 Approaches the International Space Station
Expedition 38 Approaches the International Space Station

The Soyuz TMA-11M spacecraft approaches the International Space Station, carrying Expedition 38 Soyuz Commander Mikhail Tyurin, NASA Flight Engineer Rick…