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JAXA Selects Astronaut Candidates For Future ISS Crew

Kimiya Yui.
by Staff Writers
 Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Mar 04, 2009
 The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has been recruiting and selecting astronaut candidates for future International Space Station (ISS) missions to operate and utilize the ISS until 2015. We are now pleased to announce that two candidates have been selected.

They will participate in a two-year astronaut candidate training course. After being certified as astronauts upon completion of the training course, two more years of mission-specific training for the ISS will be required before they can stay aboard the ISS.

They are expected to be stationed there for up to six months if required for the operation and maintenance of the ISS, including the Japanese Experiment Module "Kibo," and performing various space experiment missions.

Another candidate may be selected as a backup astronaut.

Schedule
 They will join JAXA on April 1, 2009, and participate in the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) astronaut candidate training course for two years to acquire engineering and science knowledge as well as ISS and Kibo system familiarity required for astronauts. After completing the astronaut candidate training course, they will be certified as a JAXA astronaut based on the training result evaluation.

Biography of each candidate
 Name: Takuya Onishi

Age: 33 years old (born in 1975)

Current occupation: Flight Crew Center at All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd.

Place of birth: Tokyo

Brief personal history: March 1998 Bachelor's degree from Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Faculty of Engineering, The University of Tokyo; April 1998 Joined All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd; June 2003 Current position



Name: Kimiya Yui

Age: 39 years old (born in 1970)

Current occupation: Air Staff Office, Japan Air Self Defense Force

Place of birth: Nagano Prefecture

Brief personal history: March 1992 Graduated from Graduate School of Science and Engineering, National Defense Academy of Japan; April 1992 Joined Japan Air Self Defense Force, Ministry of Defense; Dec. 2008 Current position

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