
JAXA Astronaut Aki Hoshide get’s suited up for his EMU space suit portrait session. Hoshide is part of the Expedition 64/65 Mission crew and commander of the ISS for Expedition 65. He flew to station as part of Crew-2 aboard the Space-X Crew Dragon vehicle.

PHOTO DATE: 05-04-10 LOCATION:NBL TOPSIDE SUBJECT: Satoshi Furukawa and Aki Hoshide during their EVA Skills for training at the NBL WORK ORDER:1327-NBLJAXA-05-04-10 PHOTOGRAPHER: BILL STAFFORD

PHOTO DATE: 05-04-10 LOCATION:NBL TOPSIDE SUBJECT: Satoshi Furukawa and Aki Hoshide during their EVA Skills for training at the NBL WORK ORDER:1327-NBLJAXA-05-04-10 PHOTOGRAPHER: BILL STAFFORD

PHOTO DATE: 05-04-10 LOCATION:NBL TOPSIDE SUBJECT: Satoshi Furukawa and Aki Hoshide during their EVA Skills for training at the NBL WORK ORDER:1327-NBLJAXA-05-04-10 PHOTOGRAPHER: BILL STAFFORD

PHOTO DATE: 05-04-10 LOCATION:NBL TOPSIDE SUBJECT: Satoshi Furukawa and Aki Hoshide during their EVA Skills for training at the NBL WORK ORDER:1327-NBLJAXA-05-04-10 PHOTOGRAPHER: BILL STAFFORD

PHOTO DATE: 05-04-10 LOCATION:NBL TOPSIDE SUBJECT: Satoshi Furukawa and Aki Hoshide during their EVA Skills for training at the NBL WORK ORDER:1327-NBLJAXA-05-04-10 PHOTOGRAPHER: BILL STAFFORD

PHOTO DATE: 05-04-10 LOCATION:NBL TOPSIDE SUBJECT: Satoshi Furukawa and Aki Hoshide during their EVA Skills for training at the NBL WORK ORDER:1327-NBLJAXA-05-04-10 PHOTOGRAPHER: BILL STAFFORD

PHOTO DATE: 05-04-10 LOCATION:NBL TOPSIDE SUBJECT: Satoshi Furukawa and Aki Hoshide during their EVA Skills for training at the NBL WORK ORDER:1327-NBLJAXA-05-04-10 PHOTOGRAPHER: BILL STAFFORD

PHOTO DATE: 09-16-11 LOCATION: NBL - Pool Topside SUBJECT: Expedition 31 crew members Suni Williams and Aki Hoshide conduct pre-test briefings, preparations and then suit up for EVA training before entering the pool at the Sonny Carter Training Facility. PHOTOGRAPHER: Devin Boldt

PHOTO DATE: 09-16-11 LOCATION: NBL - Pool Topside SUBJECT: Expedition 31 crew members Suni Williams and Aki Hoshide conduct pre-test briefings, preparations and then suit up for EVA training before entering the pool at the Sonny Carter Training Facility. PHOTOGRAPHER: Devin Boldt

PHOTO DATE: 09-16-11 LOCATION: NBL - Pool Topside SUBJECT: Expedition 31 crew members Suni Williams and Aki Hoshide conduct pre-test briefings, preparations and then suit up for EVA training before entering the pool at the Sonny Carter Training Facility. PHOTOGRAPHER: Devin Boldt

PHOTO DATE: 09-16-11 LOCATION: NBL - Pool Topside SUBJECT: Expedition 31 crew members Suni Williams and Aki Hoshide conduct pre-test briefings, preparations and then suit up for EVA training before entering the pool at the Sonny Carter Training Facility. PHOTOGRAPHER: Devin Boldt

PHOTO DATE: 09-16-11 LOCATION: NBL - Pool Topside SUBJECT: Expedition 31 crew members Suni Williams and Aki Hoshide conduct pre-test briefings, preparations and then suit up for EVA training before entering the pool at the Sonny Carter Training Facility. PHOTOGRAPHER: Devin Boldt

PHOTO DATE: 09-16-11 LOCATION: NBL - Pool Topside SUBJECT: Expedition 31 crew members Suni Williams and Aki Hoshide conduct pre-test briefings, preparations and then suit up for EVA training before entering the pool at the Sonny Carter Training Facility. PHOTOGRAPHER: Devin Boldt

PHOTO DATE: 09-16-11 LOCATION: NBL - Pool Topside SUBJECT: Expedition 31 crew members Suni Williams and Aki Hoshide conduct pre-test briefings, preparations and then suit up for EVA training before entering the pool at the Sonny Carter Training Facility. PHOTOGRAPHER: Devin Boldt

PHOTO DATE: 09-16-11 LOCATION: NBL - Pool Topside SUBJECT: Expedition 31 crew members Suni Williams and Aki Hoshide conduct pre-test briefings, preparations and then suit up for EVA training before entering the pool at the Sonny Carter Training Facility. PHOTOGRAPHER: Devin Boldt

PHOTO DATE: 09-16-11 LOCATION: NBL - Pool Topside SUBJECT: Expedition 31 crew members Suni Williams and Aki Hoshide conduct pre-test briefings, preparations and then suit up for EVA training before entering the pool at the Sonny Carter Training Facility. PHOTOGRAPHER: Devin Boldt

PHOTO DATE: 09-16-11 LOCATION: NBL - Pool Topside SUBJECT: Expedition 31 crew members Suni Williams and Aki Hoshide conduct pre-test briefings, preparations and then suit up for EVA training before entering the pool at the Sonny Carter Training Facility. PHOTOGRAPHER: Devin Boldt

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Aki Hoshide reacts to a comment after being helped out of the SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour spacecraft onboard the SpaceX GO Navigator recovery ship after he and NASA astronauts Shane Kimbrough and Megan McArthur, and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Thomas Pesquet landed in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Pensacola, Florida, Monday, Nov. 8, 2021. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-2 mission is the second operational mission of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Aki Hoshide waves after being helped out of the SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour spacecraft onboard the SpaceX GO Navigator recovery ship after he and NASA astronauts Shane Kimbrough and Megan McArthur, and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Thomas Pesquet landed in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Pensacola, Florida, Monday, Nov. 8, 2021. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-2 mission is the second operational mission of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Aki Hoshide gives a fist bump after being helped out of the SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour spacecraft onboard the SpaceX GO Navigator recovery ship after he and NASA astronauts Shane Kimbrough and Megan McArthur, and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Thomas Pesquet landed in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Pensacola, Florida, Monday, Nov. 8, 2021. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-2 mission is the second operational mission of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

JSC2008-E-001888 (13 Sept. 2007) --- Astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, mission specialist representing the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)

From right to left, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Aki Hoshide, NASA astronaut Frank Rubio, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Prokopyev are seen aboard a helicopter en route to stage for the landing of the SpaceX Dragon Endurance spacecraft with NASA astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Takuya Onishi, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov aboard, Saturday, Aug. 9, 2025, in San Diego, Calif.. McClain, Ayers, Onishi, and Peskov are landing in the Pacific Ocean after 147 days in space as part of Expedition 73 aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Thomas Pesquet, left, NASA astronauts Megan McArthur and Shane Kimbrough, and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Aki Hoshide, right, are seen inside the SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour spacecraft onboard the SpaceX GO Navigator recovery ship shortly after having landed in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Pensacola, Florida, Monday, Nov. 8, 2021. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-2 mission is the second operational mission of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

ISS032-E-018083 (15 Aug. 2012) --- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Aki Hoshide, Expedition 32 flight engineer, performs the Health Maintenance System (HMS) Eye Exam - PanOptic in the Harmony node of the International Space Station. NASA astronaut Sunita Williams, flight engineer, assisted Hoshide.

Expedition 33 crew members Sunita Williams and Aki Hoshide during NBL EVA training. Photo Date: January 11, 2012. Location: NBL - Pool Topside. Photographer: Robert Markowitz

Expedition 33 crew members Sunita Williams and Aki Hoshide during NBL EVA training. Photo Date: January 11, 2012. Location: NBL - Pool Topside. Photographer: Robert Markowitz

PHOTO DATE: 03/15/12 LOCATION: NBL SUBJECT: Expedition 32 (Soyuz 31) crew members Aki Hoshide and Sunita Williams during EVA TL RUN at the NBL PHOTOGRAPHER:Geeseman

PHOTO DATE: 03/14/12 LOCATION: B9 ISS MOCKUPS SUBJECT: Expedition 32 (Soyuz 31) crew members Aki Hoshide, Sunita Williams and Yuri Malenchenko during Emergency Scene ASIGND3 training. PHOTOGRAPHER:GEESEMAN

ISS032-E-010377 (28 July 2012) --- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Aki Hoshide, Expedition 32 flight engineer, uses a vacuum cleaner during housekeeping operations in the Kibo laboratory of the International Space Station.

ISS033-E-006757 (23 Sept. 2012) --- NASA astronaut Sunita Williams, Expedition 33 commander; and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Aki Hoshide, flight engineer, pose for a photo in the Cupola of the International Space Station.

Expedition 33 crew members Suni Williams and Aki Hoshide at the SSRMS Track and Capture training station in the SES Dome. Photo Date: January 13, 2012. Location: Building 16, SES Dome. Photographer: Robert Markowitz

DATE: 5-3-12 LOCATION: Bldg. 9 - VR Lab SUBJECT: Expedition 32/33 JAXA astronaut Aki Hoshide during MSS PF SSRMS EVR3 training in VR Lab. PHOTOGRAPHER: Lauren Harnett

Expedition 33 crew members Suni Williams and Aki Hoshide at the SSRMS Track and Capture training station in the SES Dome. Photo Date: January 13, 2012. Location: Building 16, SES Dome. Photographer: Robert Markowitz

Expedition 33 crew members Sunita Williams and Aki Hoshide during NBL EVA training. Photo Date: January 11, 2012. Location: NBL - Pool Topside. Photographer: Robert Markowitz

Expedition 33 crew members Sunita Williams and Aki Hoshide during NBL EVA training. Photo Date: January 11, 2012. Location: NBL - Pool Topside. Photographer: Robert Markowitz

PHOTO DATE: 03/15/12 LOCATION: NBL SUBJECT: Expedition 32 (Soyuz 31) crew members Aki Hoshide and Sunita Williams during EVA TL RUN at the NBL PHOTOGRAPHER:Geeseman

Expedition 33 crew members Suni Williams and Aki Hoshide at the SSRMS Track and Capture training station in the SES Dome. Photo Date: January 13, 2012. Location: Building 16, SES Dome. Photographer: Robert Markowitz

Expedition 33 crew members Suni Williams and Aki Hoshide at the SSRMS Track and Capture training station in the SES Dome. Photo Date: January 13, 2012. Location: Building 16, SES Dome. Photographer: Robert Markowitz

Official portrait of JAXA astronaut Aki Hoshide in an EMU. Photo Date: January 12, 2012. Location: Building 8, Room 183 - Photo Studio. Photographer: Robert Markowitz

PHOTO DATE: 03/14/12 LOCATION: B9 ISS MOCKUPS SUBJECT: Expedition 32 (Soyuz 31) crew members Aki Hoshide, Sunita Williams and Yuri Malenchenko during Emergency Scene ASIGND3 training. PHOTOGRAPHER:GEESEMAN

DATE: 5-3-12 LOCATION: Bldg. 9 - VR Lab SUBJECT: Expedition 32/33 JAXA astronaut Aki Hoshide during MSS PF SSRMS EVR3 training in VR Lab. PHOTOGRAPHER: Lauren Harnett

Expedition 33 crew members Sunita Williams and Aki Hoshide during NBL EVA training. Photo Date: January 11, 2012. Location: NBL - Pool Topside. Photographer: Robert Markowitz

ISS033-E-007246 (24 Sept. 2012) --- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Aki Hoshide, Expedition 33 flight engineer, works on replacing valves in an International Space Station’s Carbon Dioxide Removal Assembly.

PHOTO DATE: 03/15/12 LOCATION: NBL SUBJECT: Expedition 32 (Soyuz 31) crew members Aki Hoshide and Sunita Williams during EVA TL RUN at the NBL PHOTOGRAPHER:Geeseman

PHOTO DATE: 03/14/12 LOCATION: B9 ISS MOCKUPS SUBJECT: Expedition 32 (Soyuz 31) crew members Aki Hoshide, Sunita Williams and Yuri Malenchenko during Emergency Scene ASIGND3 training. PHOTOGRAPHER:GEESEMAN

DATE: 5-3-12 LOCATION: Bldg. 9 - VR Lab SUBJECT: Expedition 32/33 JAXA astronaut Aki Hoshide during MSS PF SSRMS EVR3 training in VR Lab. PHOTOGRAPHER: Lauren Harnett

PHOTO DATE: 03/15/12 LOCATION: NBL SUBJECT: Expedition 32 (Soyuz 31) crew members Aki Hoshide and Sunita Williams during EVA TL RUN at the NBL PHOTOGRAPHER:Geeseman

ISS032-E-022185 (21 Aug. 2012) --- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Aki Hoshide, Expedition 32 flight engineer, works near the airlock in the Kibo laboratory of the International Space Station.

Expedition 33 crew members Sunita Williams and Aki Hoshide during NBL EVA training. Photo Date: January 11, 2012. Location: NBL - Pool Topside. Photographer: Robert Markowitz

DATE: 5-3-12 LOCATION: Bldg. 9 - VR Lab SUBJECT: Expedition 32/33 JAXA astronaut Aki Hoshide during MSS PF SSRMS EVR3 training in VR Lab. PHOTOGRAPHER: Lauren Harnett

Expedition 33 crew members Suni Williams and Aki Hoshide at the SSRMS Track and Capture training station in the SES Dome. Photo Date: January 13, 2012. Location: Building 16, SES Dome. Photographer: Robert Markowitz

Expedition 33 crew members Sunita Williams and Aki Hoshide during NBL EVA training. Photo Date: January 11, 2012. Location: NBL - Pool Topside. Photographer: Robert Markowitz

Expedition 33 crew members Sunita Williams and Aki Hoshide during NBL EVA training. Photo Date: January 11, 2012. Location: NBL - Pool Topside. Photographer: Robert Markowitz

Expedition 33 crew members Suni Williams and Aki Hoshide at the SSRMS Track and Capture training station in the SES Dome. Photo Date: January 13, 2012. Location: Building 16, SES Dome. Photographer: Robert Markowitz

PHOTO DATE: 03/15/12 LOCATION: NBL SUBJECT: Expedition 32 (Soyuz 31) crew members Aki Hoshide and Sunita Williams during EVA TL RUN at the NBL PHOTOGRAPHER:Geeseman

Expedition 33 crew members Suni Williams and Aki Hoshide at the SSRMS Track and Capture training station in the SES Dome. Photo Date: January 13, 2012. Location: Building 16, SES Dome. Photographer: Robert Markowitz

PHOTO DATE: 03/14/12 LOCATION: B9 ISS MOCKUPS SUBJECT: Expedition 32 (Soyuz 31) crew members Aki Hoshide, Sunita Williams and Yuri Malenchenko during Emergency Scene ASIGND3 training. PHOTOGRAPHER:GEESEMAN

ISS032-E-020520 (28 July 2012) --- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Aki Hoshide, Expedition 32 flight engineer, uses a vacuum cleaner during housekeeping operations in the Kibo laboratory of the International Space Station.

Expedition 33 crew members Sunita Williams and Aki Hoshide during NBL EVA training. Photo Date: January 11, 2012. Location: NBL - Pool Topside. Photographer: Robert Markowitz

Expedition 33 crew members Suni Williams and Aki Hoshide at the SSRMS Track and Capture training station in the SES Dome. Photo Date: January 13, 2012. Location: Building 16, SES Dome. Photographer: Robert Markowitz

PHOTO DATE: 03/15/12 LOCATION: NBL SUBJECT: Expedition 32 (Soyuz 31) crew members Aki Hoshide and Sunita Williams during EVA TL RUN at the NBL PHOTOGRAPHER:Geeseman

Expedition 33 crew members Sunita Williams and Aki Hoshide during NBL EVA training. Photo Date: January 11, 2012. Location: NBL - Pool Topside. Photographer: Robert Markowitz

DATE: 5-3-12 LOCATION: Bldg. 9 - VR Lab SUBJECT: Expedition 32/33 JAXA astronaut Aki Hoshide during MSS PF SSRMS EVR3 training in VR Lab. PHOTOGRAPHER: Lauren Harnett

Expedition 33 crew members Sunita Williams and Aki Hoshide during NBL EVA training. Photo Date: January 11, 2012. Location: NBL - Pool Topside. Photographer: Robert Markowitz

PHOTO DATE: 03/15/12 LOCATION: NBL SUBJECT: Expedition 32 (Soyuz 31) crew members Aki Hoshide and Sunita Williams during EVA TL RUN at the NBL PHOTOGRAPHER:Geeseman

PHOTO DATE: 03/15/12 LOCATION: NBL SUBJECT: Expedition 32 (Soyuz 31) crew members Aki Hoshide and Sunita Williams during EVA TL RUN at the NBL PHOTOGRAPHER:Geeseman

Expedition 33 crew members Sunita Williams and Aki Hoshide during NBL EVA training. Photo Date: January 11, 2012. Location: NBL - Pool Topside. Photographer: Robert Markowitz

Expedition 33 crew members Sunita Williams and Aki Hoshide during NBL EVA training. Photo Date: January 11, 2012. Location: NBL - Pool Topside. Photographer: Robert Markowitz

Expedition 33 crew members Sunita Williams and Aki Hoshide during NBL EVA training. Photo Date: January 11, 2012. Location: NBL - Pool Topside. Photographer: Robert Markowitz

PHOTO DATE: 03/15/12 LOCATION: NBL SUBJECT: Expedition 32 (Soyuz 31) crew members Aki Hoshide and Sunita Williams during EVA TL RUN at the NBL PHOTOGRAPHER:Geeseman

DATE: 5-3-12 LOCATION: Bldg. 9 - VR Lab SUBJECT: Expedition 32/33 JAXA astronaut Aki Hoshide during MSS PF SSRMS EVR3 training in VR Lab. PHOTOGRAPHER: Lauren Harnett

Expedition 33 crew members Sunita Williams and Aki Hoshide during NBL EVA training. Photo Date: January 11, 2012. Location: NBL - Pool Topside. Photographer: Robert Markowitz

ISS032-E-011054 (31 July 2012) --- NASA astronaut Sunita Williams and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Aki Hoshide, both Expedition 32 flight engineers, work in the Unity node of the International Space Station.

DATE: 5-3-12 LOCATION: Bldg. 9 - VR Lab SUBJECT: Expedition 32/33 JAXA astronaut Aki Hoshide during MSS PF SSRMS EVR3 training in VR Lab. PHOTOGRAPHER: Lauren Harnett

ISS033-E-007358 (25 Sept. 2012) --- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Aki Hoshide, Expedition 33 flight engineer, services the Nano Step payload in the Kibo laboratory of the International Space Station.

Expedition 33 crew members Sunita Williams and Aki Hoshide during NBL EVA training. Photo Date: January 11, 2012. Location: NBL - Pool Topside. Photographer: Robert Markowitz

PHOTO DATE: 03/15/12 LOCATION: NBL SUBJECT: Expedition 32 (Soyuz 31) crew members Aki Hoshide and Sunita Williams during EVA TL RUN at the NBL PHOTOGRAPHER:Geeseman

iss065e243281 (Aug. 12, 2021) --- The Northrop Grumman Cygnus space freighter is pictured in the grips of the Canadarm2 robotic arm after it was installed on the Unity module's Earth-facing port.

iss065e020575 (May 6, 2021) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 65 Flight Engineer Shane Kimbrough sets up the U.S. Destiny laboratory module's Microgravity Science Glovebox for a physics investigation. The study known as Solidification Using a Baffle in Sealed Ampoules, or SUBSA, explores improving technology used in producing semiconductor crystals.

iss065e020580 (May 5, 2021) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 65 Flight Engineer Shane Kimbrough is pictured in front of the Microgravity Science Glovebox setting up hardware for a physics investigation. The experiment known as Solidification Using a Baffle in Sealed Ampoules, or SUBSA, explores experimental methods of crystallizing melts in microgravity and is expected to result in reduced fluid motion in the melt, leading to better distribution of subcomponents and the potential for improved technology used in producing semiconductor crystals.

iss065e081312 (May 28, 2021) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 65 Flight Engineer Mark Vande Hei services components on an advanced new toilet installed inside the International Space Station's Tranquility module.

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.

iss066e010713 (Oct. 24, 2021) --- Two Russian spaceships are pictured docked to the International Space Station. From left, are the Soyuz MS-19 crew ship docked to the Rassvet module and the ISS Progress 78 resupply ship docked to the Nauka multipurpose laboratory module.

iss065e444435 (10/11/2021) --- A view of NanoRacks CubeSat Deployers hardware on the MPEP (Multipurpose Experiment Platform) aboard the International Space Station (ISS).

iss065e444007 (Oct. 8, 2021) --- Heaven Lake rests in the crater of the active volcano Paektu Mountain that lies on the China-North Korea border. The International Space Station was orbiting 263 miles above Asia at the time this photograph was taken.

iss065e243361 (Aug. 8, 2021) --- The aurora australis streams above the Earth's atmosphere and below the International Space Station as it orbited 271 miles over the southern Indian Ocean.

Date: 03-13-12 Location: Bldg 9NW, ISS Airlock Subject: Expedition 32 (Soyuz 31) crew members Aki Hoshide, Sunita Williams and Joe Acaba during ISS EVA planning and preparation Photographer: James Blair

ISS033-E-006447 (21 Sept. 2012) --- In the International Space Station’s Kibo laboratory, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Aki Hoshide, Expedition 33 flight engineer, works with the Small Satellite Orbital Deployer (SSOD) installed on the Multi-Purpose Experiment Platform (MPEP) of the extended slide table of the Kibo airlock.

Date: 03-13-12 Location: Bldg 9NW, ISS Airlock Subject: Expedition 32 (Soyuz 31) crew members Aki Hoshide, Sunita Williams and Joe Acaba during ISS EVA planning and preparation Photographer: James Blair

ISS033-E-018499 (7 Nov. 2012) --- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Aki Hoshide, Expedition 33 flight engineer, attired in a Russian Sokol launch and entry suit, conducts a standard suit leak check in the Soyuz TMA-05M spacecraft in preparation for his return to Earth scheduled for Nov. 18, 2012.

ISS033-E-018369 (30 Oct. 2012) --- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Aki Hoshide, Expedition 33 flight engineer; and NASA astronaut Sunita Williams, commander, are pictured in the International Space Station’s Quest airlock as they prepare for the Nov. 1 spacewalk.

ISS032-E-024155 (30 Aug. 2012) --- NASA astronaut Sunita Williams (center frame) and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Aki Hoshide (seen as silhouette to the right of Williams), both Expedition 32 flight engineers, participate in a session of extravehicular activity (EVA) to continue outfitting the International Space Station.

ISS032-E-011853 (1 Aug. 2012) --- NASA astronaut Joe Acaba (left) and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Aki Hoshide, both Expedition 32 flight engineers, perform an Integrated Cardiovascular (ICV) Resting Echo Scan at the Human Research Facility (HRF) rack in the Columbus laboratory of the International Space Station.

ISS033-E-021537 (14 Nov. 2012) --- NASA astronaut Sunita Williams, Expedition 33 commander; and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Aki Hoshide, flight engineer, perform in-flight maintenance in the Quest airlock of the International Space Station.

ISS033-E-016439 (27 Oct. 2012) --- NASA astronaut Sunita Williams, Expedition 33 commander, uses a computer in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station. Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Aki Hoshide, flight engineer, is at right.

JSC2011-E-215053 (15 Aug. 2011) --- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Aki Hoshide, Expedition 30 backup crew member, attired in a Russian Sokol launch and entry suit, takes a break from training in Star City, Russia to pose for a portrait. Photo credit: Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center

ISS033-E-013091 (14 Oct. 2012) --- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Aki Hoshide, Expedition 33 flight engineer, holds a computer attached to a stand in the Harmony node of the International Space Station. A signed poster of SpaceX personnel floats freely at upper left.

ISS032-E-024401 (30 Aug. 2012) --- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Aki Hoshide, Expedition 32 flight engineer, attired in an Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit, looks through a hatch window in the Quest airlock of the International Space Station prior to a session of extravehicular activity (EVA).

ISS032-E-024223 (30 Aug. 2012) --- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Aki Hoshide and NASA astronaut Sunita Williams (out of frame), both Expedition 32 flight engineers, participate in a session of extravehicular activity (EVA) to continue outfitting the International Space Station.