Akihiko Hoshide

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Akihiko Hoshide is a Japanese engineer and JAXA astronaut. On August 30, 2012, Hoshide became the third Japanese astronaut to walk in space. His space selfies from 2012, including another space selfie that was posted on Instagram, appeared at the top of many selfie lists of 2013.

Biography from Launch Library 2.

Born in

Setagaya

Education

University of Houston; Keio University; Meikei Gakuen Junior and Senior High School; United World College of South East Asia

From Wikidata.

• Falcon 9 Block 5 | Crew-2Mission Specialist · Success · with K. Megan McArthur, Robert S. Kimbrough, Thomas PesquetApril 23, 2021
• Soyuz FG | Soyuz TMA-05MFlight Engineer · Success · with Sunita Williams, Yuri MalenchenkoJuly 15, 2012
• Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-124Mission Specialist · Success · with Gregory Chamitoff, Karen Nyberg, Kenneth Ham, Mark Kelly, Michael E. Fossum, Ronald J. Garan Jr.May 31, 2008

• Expedition 33 EVA6h 38m2012-11-01
• Expedition 32 EVA 36h 28m2012-09-05
• Expedition 32 EVA 28h 17m2012-08-30

• Expedition 65International Space Station · Flight Engineer2021-04-17 – 2021-10-17
• Expedition 33International Space Station · Flight Engineer2012-09-16 – 2012-11-18
• Expedition 32International Space Station · Flight Engineer2012-07-01 – 2012-09-16