jsc2025e012273 - (February 17, 2025) --- SpaceX Crew-10 Mission Specialist Takuya Onishi of JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) in his flight suit at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

jsc2025e015862 (March 7, 2025) --- NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 Mission Specialist Takuya Onishi poses for a portrait in his pressure suit at the SpaceX facility in Hawthorne, California. Credit: SpaceX

jsc2024e066731_alt (Oct. 4, 2024) --- JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut and Expedition 73 Commander Takuya Onishi poses for a crew portrait at NASA's Johnson Space Center. Onishi is also Mission Specialist for NASA's SpaceX Crew-10 mission to the International Space Station. Credit: NASA/Bill Stafford/Helen Arase Vargas

jsc2024e066732 (Oct. 4, 2024) --- JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut and Expedition 73 Commander Takuya Onishi poses for a crew portrait at NASA's Johnson Space Center. Onishi is also Mission Specialist for NASA's SpaceX Crew-10 mission to the International Space Station. Credit: NASA/Bill Stafford/Helen Arase Vargas

jsc2025e012274 - (February 17, 2025) --- SpaceX Crew-10 Mission Specialist Takuya Onishi of JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) smiles in his flight suit at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

jsc2024e079794 (Nov. 20, 2024) --- NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 Mission Specialist Takuya Onishi of JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) is pictured inside a mockup of a Dragon cockpit at the company's facilities in Hawthorne, California. Credit: SpaceX

jsc2024e080749 (Dec. 13, 2024) --- NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 Mission Specialist Takuya Onishi of JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency), stands in front of a Falcon 9 first-stage booster at SpaceX’s HangarX facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Credit: SpaceX

jsc2024e079793 (Nov. 20, 2024) --- NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 Mission Specialist Takuya Onishi of JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) is pictured training inside a mockup of a Dragon cockpit at the company's facilities in Hawthorne, California. Credit: SpaceX

jsc2024e079792 (Nov. 20, 2024) --- NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 Mission Specialist Takuya Onishi of JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) is pictured training inside a mockup of a Dragon cockpit at the company's facilities in Hawthorne, California. Credit: SpaceX

iss049e012031 (9/28/2016) --- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Takuya Onishi with the Multi purpose Small Payload Rack (MSPR) Combustion Chamber (CC) in Japanese Experiment Module (JEM).

iss073e0221788 (June 19, 2025) --- JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut and Expedition 73 Commander Takuya Onishi organizes cargo bags inside the International Space Station's Unity module.

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut and JAXA Astronaut Office Representative Takuya Onishi is seen during a traditional tree planting ceremony at the Cosmonaut Hotel, Saturday, June 2, 2018 in Karaganda, Kazakhstan. Onishi was in Karaganda to help support the Expedition 55 crew Soyuz landing from the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

iss073e0001873 (April 22, 2025) --- (From left) Astronauts Jonny Kim of NASA and Takuya Onishi of JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency), Expedition 73 Flight Engineer and Commander respectively, work inside the International Space Station's Destiny laboratory module stowing cargo recently delivered aboard the SpaceX Dragon cargo craft.

iss049e011873 (9/27/2016) --- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Takuya Onishi is photographed as he starts the first of two days of installation and preparation for the Group Combustion Module (GCM) Installation. The GCM will be installed into the Combustion Chamber.

iss049e011944 (9/27/2016) --- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Takuya Onishi is photographed as he starts the first of two days of installation and preparation for the Group Combustion Module (GCM) Installation. The GCM will be installed into the Combustion Chamber.

iss072e782440 (March 16, 2025) --- JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut and Expedition 72 Flight Engineer Takuya Onishi is pictured inside the cargo-packed vestibule in between the International Space Station and the SpaceX Dragon crew spacecraft. Onishi was continuing to unpack cargo stowed inside Dragon that had docked to the orbital outpost the day before with him and fellow SpaceX Crew-9 members Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers of NASA, and Kirill Peskov of Roscosmos aboard.

iss073e0120070 (May 31, 2025) --- Astronauts Takuya Onishi of JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) and Nichole Ayers of NASA, Expedition 73 Commander and Flight Engineer respectively, are pictured inside the International Space Station's Harmony module. Ayers trims Onishi's hair using an electric razor with a suction hose attached that collects loose hairs to protect the station's atmosphere.

iss073e0248489 (June 13, 2025) --- JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut and Expedition 73 Commander Takuya Onishi (center) shows off a hamburger-shaped cake celebrating 200 cumulative days in space since his first spaceflight as an Expedition 48-49 Flight Engineer in 2016. Surrounding Onishi (from left) are NASA Flight Engineers Nichole Ayers and Anne McClain and Roscosmos Flight Engineers Sergey Ryzhikov, Kirill Peskov, and Alexey Zubritsky.

iss073e0002477_alt (April 28, 2025) --- JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut and Expedition 73 Commander Takuya Onishi processes cassettes containing biological fluid samples for installation inside the Advanced Space Experiment Processor-4, a research facility that can be shipped back and forth from Earth to space, for a biotechnology study.

iss073e0078566 (May 23, 2025) --- Astronauts Anne McClain of NASA and Takuya Onishi of JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency), Expedition 73 Flight Engineer and Commander respectively, work together inside the International Space Station's Columbus laboratory module drawing blood samples for testing and monitoring an astronaut's health in microgravity.

iss073e0000313 (April 21, 2025) --- JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut and Expedition 73 Commander Takuya Onishi inspects science hardware inside the Kibo laboratory module's Solid Combustion Experiment Module, a space fire safety research facility, aboard the International Space Station.

iss073e0002467 (April 28, 2025) --- JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut and Expedition 73 Commander Takuya Onishi processes cassettes containing biological fluid samples for installation inside the Advanced Space Experiment Processor-4, a research facility that can be shipped back and forth from Earth to space, for a biotechnology study.

iss073e0379658 (July 16, 2025) --- JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut and Expedition 73 Commander Takuya Onishi works inside the International Space Station's Kibo laboratory module troubleshooting and inspecting combustion research hardware in the Multipurpose Small Payload Rack.

iss073e0379898 (May 1, 2025) --- Expedition 73 Commander Takuya Onishi from JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) assists Flight Engineer Nichole Ayers from NASA as she tries on a spacesuit and tests its components during a fit check inside the International Space Station's Quest airlock.

iss073e0379892 (May 1, 2025) --- Expedition 73 Commander Takuya Onishi from JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) assists Flight Engineer Nichole Ayers from NASA as she tries on a spacesuit and tests its components during a fit check inside the International Space Station's Quest airlock.

iss073e0420867 (Aug. 2, 2025) --- From left, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronauts Takuya Onishi and Kimiya Yui, Expedition 73 Commander and Flight Engineer respectively, are pictured during crew familiarization activities inside the International Space Station's Kibo laboratory module.

iss073e0422042 (July 27, 2025) --- Expedition 73 Flight Engineer Nichole Ayers of NASA gives International Space Station Commander Takuya Onishi of JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) a haircut as a suction hose collects loose hairs to protect the station's atmosphere.

jsc2023e009107 (Jan. 22, 2024) --- JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut and SpaceX Crew-10 Mission Specialist Takuya Onishi prepares for spacewalk training in the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory at NASA's Johnson Space Center.

Expedition 49 astronaut Takuya Onishi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is carried into a medical tent shortly after he, Russian cosmonaut Anatoly Ivanishin of Roscosmos, and NASA astronaut Kate Rubins landed in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Sunday, Oct. 30, 2016 (Kazakh time). Rubins, Ivanishin, and Onishi are returning after 115 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 48 and 49 crews onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

iss073e0000725 (April 23, 2025) --- JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut and Expedition 73 Commander Takuya Onishi, whose image is reflected in a station mirror, processes research samples for the Cell Gravisensing investigation observing the mechanism that enables cells to sense the effects of gravity. The biotechnology experiment takes place inside the International Space Station's Kibo laboratory module and may lead to therapies treating space-caused and Earthbound muscle and bone conditions.

iss072e861307 (March 27, 2025) --- JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut and Expediion 72 Flight Engineer Takuya Onishi inserts a cryogenic storage unit, called a dewar, containing blood samples collected from a crew member into a science freezer for preservation and later analysis. The Minus Eighty-Degree Laboratory Freezer for International Space Station, or MELFI, is a research freezer that maintains experiment samples at ultra-cold temperatures in microgravity.

iss073e0383926 (July 4, 2025) --- JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut and Expedition 73 Commander Takuya Onishi removes experiment hardware and sample cartridges from inside the Kibo laboratory module's Gradient Heating Furnace (GHF). The GHF is a research facility and a vacuum furnace that can safely heat samples up to a maximum temperature of 1,600 degrees Celsius and is used for the production of high quality crystals in new semiconductor materials.

iss073e0075663 (May 20, 2025) --- NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Takuya Onishi, Expedition 73 flight engineer and commander respectively, are pictured together inside the International Space Station's Kibo laboratory module. The astronauts called down to students at Long Beach Middle School in Lido Beach, New York, and answered their questions about living in space.

iss073e0003041 (May 10, 2025) --- (From left) Astronauts Jonny Kim of NASA and Takuya Onishi of JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency), Expedition 73 flight engineer and commander respectively, work inside the International Space Station's Quest airlock setting up a pair of spacesuits. Expedition 73 Flight Engineers Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers (both out of frame), both from NASA, would wear the suits the following day during a spacewalk to upgrade the orbital outpost's power generation system and relocate a communications antenna.

iss073e0284440 (July 8, 2025) --- Expedition 73 Flight Engineer Nichole Ayers of NASA and International Space Station Commander Takuya Onishi of JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) collect blood samples for the Immunity Assay human research investigation. The study will analyze the blood samples for signs of space-caused stress on cellular immune function to help doctors monitor crew health and keeps crews healthy on long term space missions.

iss073e0251266 (June 27, 2025) --- Axiom Mission 4 private astronaut Tibor Kapu (at left) from Hungary loads a research sample-packed cryogenic storage unit, called a dewar, into a science freezer aboard the International Space Station's Kibo laboratory module. Expedition 73 Commander Takuya Onishi from JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) assisted Kapu during the science experiment transfers from the SpaceX Dragon crew spacecraft into the orbital outpost.

iss073e0384171 (July 1, 2025) --- Expedition 73 Flight Engineer Jonny Kim (right) of NASA draws a blood sample from station Commander Takuya Onishi of JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) for processing in a centrifuge and preservation in a science freezer. The samples will be returned to Earth where scientists will analyze the specimens to learn how living and working in microgravity affects the human body and provide countermeasures to potential space-caused symptoms.

iss073e0423823 (Aug. 1, 2025) --- JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut and Expedition 73 Commander Takuya Onishi speaks on a ham radio with students attending the Osaka-Kansai Japan Expo in Osaka, Japan. Astronauts frequently speak to students, professionals, and government officials using the ham radio aboard the International Space Station's Destiny laboratory module.

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronauts, Koichi Wakata, left, and Takuya Onishi, along with NASA astronauts Doug Wheelock, and Kjell Lindgren, right, meet with children from a local orphanage at the Cosmonaut Hotel, Saturday, June 2, 2018 in Karaganda, Kazakhstan. The astronauts were in Karaganda to help support the Expedition 55 crew Soyuz landing from the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronauts, Takuya Onishi, lower left, Koichi Wakata, 2nd from left standing, along with NASA astronauts Doug Wheelock, kneeling center, and Kjell Lindgren, standing center, meet with children from a local orphanage at the Cosmonaut Hotel, Saturday, June 2, 2018 in Karaganda, Kazakhstan. The astronauts were in Karaganda to help support the Expedition 55 crew Soyuz landing from the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

iss073e0134912 (June 6, 2025) --- JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut and Expedition 73 Commander Takuya Onishi stows physics research hardware used during the Colloidal Solids experiment to understand the behavior of tiny particles (colloids) and proteins in water. Onishi is pictured in front of the Microgravity Science Glovebox, located in the Destiny laboratory module, where the investigation took place that may lead to the space-based production of pharmaceuticals and advances in human health.

iss073e0134908 (June 6, 2025) --- JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut and Expedition 73 Commander Takuya Onishi stows physics research hardware used during the Colloidal Solids experiment to understand the behavior of tiny particles (colloids) and proteins in water. Onishi is pictured in front of the Microgravity Science Glovebox, located in the Destiny laboratory module, where the investigation took place that may lead to the space-based production of pharmaceuticals and advances in human health.

jsc2023e009094 (Jan. 22, 2024) --- SpaceX Crew-10 members Pilot Nichole Ayers of NASA and Mission Specialist Takuya Onishi of JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency), surrounded by support personnel, prepare for spacewalk training in the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory at NASA's Johnson Space Center.

jsc2023e029684 (April 29, 2024) --- JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut and SpaceX Crew-10 Mission Specialist Takuya Onishi participates in pre-flight mission training in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center.

jsc2023e029671 (April 29, 2024) --- JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut and SpaceX Crew-10 Mission Specialist Takuya Onishi participates in pre-flight mission training in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center.

At the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Expedition 48-49 crewmembers Kate Rubins of NASA (left), Anatoly Ivanishin of Roscosmos (center) and Takuya Onishi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (right) pose for pictures June 30 after Rubins and Onishi, both first-time fliers, planted trees in their names in traditional pre-launch activities. Rubins, Ivanishin and Onishi will launch July 7, Baikonur time, on the Soyuz MS-01 spacecraft for a planned four-month mission on the International Space Station. NASA/Alexander Vysotsky

JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Takuya Onishi is helped aboard a helicopter on the SpaceX recovery ship SHANNON to fly to Long Beach, Calif. along with NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers, Anne McClain, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov shortly after they landed in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego, Calif., Saturday, Aug. 9, 2025. McClain, Ayers, Onishi, and Peskov are returning after 147 days in space as part of Expedition 73 aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Takuya Onishi is helped aboard a helicopter on the SpaceX recovery ship SHANNON to fly to Long Beach, Calif. along with NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers, Anne McClain, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov shortly after they landed in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego, Calif., Saturday, Aug. 9, 2025. McClain, Ayers, Onishi, and Peskov are returning after 147 days in space as part of Expedition 73 aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

iss073e0033654 (May 19, 2025) --- JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut and Expedition 73 Commander Takuya Onishi services hardware that promotes physical science and crystalization research inside the Advanced Space Experiment Processor-4 (ADSEP-4) aboard the International Space Station. The ADSEP-4 is supporting a technology demonstration potentially enabling the synthesis of medications during deep space missions and improving the pharmaceutical industry on Earth.

iss073e0030870 (May 14, 2025) --- JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut and Expedition 73 Commander Takuya Onishi monitors the Japanese Experiment Module Internal Ball Camera 2 aboard the International Space Station's Kibo laboratory module. The spherical, free-flying robotic camera tests the automation of capturing video and imagery enabling more crew time for important duties such as microgravity research.

iss073e0383933 (July 4, 2025) --- JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut and Expedition 73 Commander Takuya Onishi removes research hardware attached to the Kibo laboratory module's airlock slide table aboard the International Space Station. The slide table can be retracted back and forth into the airlock where the Japanese robotic arm can grapple a variety of payloads and hardware for installation on the outside of Kibo for exposure to the external space environment.

iss073e0383929 (July 4, 2025) --- JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut and Expedition 73 Commander Takuya Onishi prepares to retract a slide table that contains research hardware from inside the Kibo laboratory module's airlock. The slide table can be retracted back and forth into the airlock where the Japanese robotic arm can grapple a variety of payloads and hardware for installation on the outside of Kibo for exposure to the external space environment.

iss073e0118793 (May 27, 2025) --- Astronauts Takuya Onishi of JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) and Nichole Ayers of NASA, Expedition 73 Commander and Flight Engineer respectively, replace components on an experimental carbon dioxide removal device aboard the International Space Station. Also called the Thermal Amine Scrubber, the advanced life support mechanism is testing a new method that removes carbon dioxide from the station’s atmosphere and recovers water for oxygen generation.

iss073e0118813 (May 28, 2025) --- JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut and Expedition 73 Commander Takuya Onishi replaces components on an experimental carbon dioxide removal device aboard the International Space Station. Also called the Thermal Amine Scrubber, the advanced life support mechanism is testing a new method that removes carbon dioxide from the station’s atmosphere and recovers water for oxygen generation.

iss072e859359 (March 26, 2025) --- JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut and Expediion 72 Flight Engineer Takuya Onishi monitors the Japanese Experiment Module Internal Ball Camera 2 aboard the International Space Station's Kibo laboratory module. The spherical, free-flying robotic camera tests the automation of capturing video and imagery enabling more crew time for important duties such as microgravity research.

iss073e0030301 (May 13, 2025) --- JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut and Expedition 73 Commander Takuya Onishi swaps research hardware inside the Kibo laboratory module's solid combustion experiment module. Combustion research aboard the International Space Station helps researchers understand how fuels burn in space, design safer spacecraft, develop new materials, and more aboard the orbital outpost.

iss072e859364 (March 26, 2025) --- JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut and Expediion 72 Flight Engineer Takuya Onishi monitors the Japanese Experiment Module Internal Ball Camera 2 aboard the International Space Station's Kibo laboratory module. The spherical, free-flying robotic camera tests the automation of capturing video and imagery enabling more crew time for important duties such as microgravity research.

JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Takuya Onishi is helped out of the SpaceX Dragon Endurance spacecraft onboard the SpaceX recovery ship SHANNON after he, NASA astronauts Nichole Ayers, Anne McClain, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov landed in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego, Calif., Saturday, Aug. 9, 2025. McClain, Ayers, Onishi, and Peskov are returning after 147 days in space as part of Expedition 73 aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Takuya Onishi is helped out of the SpaceX Dragon Endurance spacecraft onboard the SpaceX recovery ship SHANNON after he, NASA astronauts Nichole Ayers, Anne McClain, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov landed in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego, Calif., Saturday, Aug. 9, 2025. McClain, Ayers, Onishi, and Peskov are returning after 147 days in space as part of Expedition 73 aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Takuya Onishi is helped out of the SpaceX Dragon Endurance spacecraft onboard the SpaceX recovery ship SHANNON after he, NASA astronauts Nichole Ayers, Anne McClain, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov landed in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego, Calif., Saturday, Aug. 9, 2025. McClain, Ayers, Onishi, and Peskov are returning after 147 days in space as part of Expedition 73 aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Takuya Onishi is helped out of the SpaceX Dragon Endurance spacecraft onboard the SpaceX recovery ship SHANNON after he, NASA astronauts Nichole Ayers, Anne McClain, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov landed in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego, Calif., Saturday, Aug. 9, 2025. McClain, Ayers, Onishi, and Peskov are returning after 147 days in space as part of Expedition 73 aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Takuya Onishi (front) and Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov (rear) are photographed in their SpaceX spacesuits inside the crew suit-up room in the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida ahead of launch of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 mission on Wednesday, March 12, 2025. NASA astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers, along with JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Takuya Onishi and Peskov are scheduled to lift off aboard SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket at 7:48 p.m. EDT, from Launch Complex 39A at NASA Kennedy. Crew-10 is the 10th crew rotation mission with SpaceX to the space station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program.

iss073e0384102 (July 18, 2025) --- JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut and Expedition 73 Commander Takuya Onishi sets up the CIMON artificial intelligence-powered robotic assistant inside the International Space Station's Kibo laboratory module. Engineers on the ground tested CIMON's ability to command a free-flying robotic camera for JAXA’s ICHIBAN technology demonstration. CIMON tests how artificial intelligence affects crew support potentially relieving crews for more important tasks and increasing time for relaxation during long-term missions.

JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Takuya Onishi waves from the convoy carrying NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 from the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida to nearby Launch Complex 39A ahead of launch on Wednesday, March 12, 2025. NASA astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers, along with Onishi and Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov are scheduled to lift off aboard SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket at 7:48 p.m. EDT. Crew-10 is the 10th crew rotation mission with SpaceX to the space station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program.

Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov, left, NASA astronauts Nichole Ayers, Anne McClain, and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Takuya Onishi are seen inside the SpaceX Dragon Endurance spacecraft onboard the SpaceX recovery ship SHANNON shortly after having landed in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego, Calif., Saturday, Aug. 9, 2025. McClain, Ayers, Onishi, and Peskov are returning after 147 days in space as part of Expedition 73 aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 48-49 prime crewmember Takuya Onishi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency signs in for the start of final qualification exams May 26 as his crewmates, Anatoly Ivanishin of Roscosmos (left) and Kate Rubins of NASA (right) look on. Rubins, Onishi and Ivanishin will launch June 24 on the Soyuz MS-01 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a four-month mission on the International Space Station. NASA/Stephanie Stoll

At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 48-49 prime crewmember Kate Rubins of NASA signs in for the start of final qualification exams May 26 as her crewmates, Takuya Onishi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (left) and Anatoly Ivanishin of Roscosmos (center) look on. Rubins, Onishi and Ivanishin will launch June 24 on the Soyuz MS-01 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a four-month mission on the International Space Station. NASA/Stephanie Stoll

At the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Expedition 48-49 crewmembers Kate Rubins of NASA (left), Anatoly Ivanishin of Roscosmos (center) and Takuya Onishi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (right) take a stroll down the “Walk of Cosmonauts” June 30 as part of their pre-launch activities. Rubins, Ivanishin and Onishi will launch July 7, Baikonur time, on the Soyuz MS-01 spacecraft for a planned four-month mission on the International Space Station. NASA/Alexander Vysotsky

At the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Expedition 48-49 crewmembers Kate Rubins of NASA (left), Anatoly Ivanishin of Roscosmos (center) and Takuya Onishi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (right) pose for pictures June 30 during traditional pre-launch activities. Rubins, Ivanishin and Onishi will launch July 7, Baikonur time, on the Soyuz MS-01 spacecraft for a planned four-month mission on the International Space Station. NASA/Alexander Vysotsky

At the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Expedition 48-49 crewmember Takuya Onishi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency takes a spin in a rotating chair to test his vestibular system June 30 as part of pre-launch activities. Onishi, Kate Rubins of NASA and Anatoly Ivanishin of Roscosmos will launch July 7, Baikonur time, on the Soyuz MS-01 spacecraft for a planned four-month mission on the International Space Station. NASA/Alexander Vysotsky

ISS Expedition 48-49 crewmember Takuya Onishi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency departs the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia June 24 for his launch site at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan and final pre-launch training. In the background on the right is crewmate Kate Rubins of NASA. Rubins, Anatoly Ivanishin of Roscosmos and Onishi will launch July 7 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on the Soyuz MS-01 spacecraft for a planned four-month mission on the International Space Station. NASA/Stephanie Stoll

In the Integration Facility at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 48-49 crewmember Takuya Onishi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency climbs aboard the Soyuz MS-01 spacecraft June 25 for a “fit check” dress rehearsal activity. Onishi, Kate Rubins of NASA and Anatoly Ivanishin of Roscosmos will launch on July 7, Baikonur time, on the Soyuz MS-01 for a planned four-month mission on the International Space Station. NASA/Alexander Vysotsky

At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 48-49 prime crewmembers Kate Rubins of NASA (left), Anatoly Ivanishin of Roscosmos (center) and Takuya Onishi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (right) pose for pictures May 26 during a final qualification exam session. Rubins, Onishi and Ivanishin will launch June 24 on the Soyuz MS-01 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a four-month mission on the International Space Station. NASA/Stephanie Stoll

At the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Expedition 48-49 crewmembers Kate Rubins of NASA (left), Anatoly Ivanishin of Roscosmos (center) and Takuya Onishi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (right) conduct rendezvous rehearsals on a laptop computer simulator June 30 as instructors look on. Rubins, Ivanishin and Onishi will launch July 7, Baikonur time, on the Soyuz MS-01 spacecraft for a planned four-month mission on the International Space Station. NASA/Alexander Vysotsky

At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, training instructors monitor the work of Expedition 48-49 prime crewmembers Kate Rubins of NASA, Takuya Onishi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency and Anatoly Ivanishin of Roscosmos during final qualification exams May 26. Rubins, Onishi and Ivanishin will launch June 24 on the Soyuz MS-01 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a four-month mission on the International Space Station. NASA/Stephanie Stoll

At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 48-49 prime crewmembers Takuya Onishi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (left), Anatoly Ivanishin of Roscosmos (center) and Kate Rubins of NASA (right) report to officials May 26 at the start of final qualification exams. Rubins, Onishi and Ivanishin will launch June 24 on the Soyuz MS-01 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a four-month mission on the International Space Station. NASA/Stephanie Stoll

At the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Expedition 48-49 crewmembers Anatoly Ivanishin of Roscosmos (second from left), Takuya Onishi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (second from right) and Kate Rubins of NASA (far right) listen to a rendezvous instructor June 30 during pre-launch training. Rubins, Ivanishin and Onishi will launch July 7, Baikonur time, on the Soyuz MS-01 spacecraft for a planned four-month mission on the International Space Station. NASA/Alexander Vysotsky

At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 48-49 prime crewmembers Kate Rubins of NASA (left), Anatoly Ivanishin of Roscosmos (center) and Takuya Onishi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (right) pose for pictures May 26 during a final qualification exam session. Rubins, Onishi and Ivanishin will launch June 24 on the Soyuz MS-01 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a four-month mission on the International Space Station. NASA/Stephanie Stoll

Expedition 48 crew portrait with 46S crew (Jeff Williams, Oleg Skripochka, Aleksei Ovchinin) and 47S crew (Anatoli Ivanishin, Kate Rubins, Takuya Onishi). Photo Date: June 26, 2015. Location: Building 8, Room 183 - Photo Studio. Photographer: Bill Stafford.

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Takuya Onishi, left, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) International Space Station Program Manager Koichi Wakata, right, answers questions from the media, Friday, Dec. 15, 2017, after the Soyuz rocket was raised into a vertical position on the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Expedition 54 Soyuz Commander Anton Shkaplerov of Roscosmos, flight engineer Scott Tingle of NASA, and flight engineer Norishige Kanai of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) are scheduled to launch at 2:21 a.m. Eastern Time (1:21 p.m. Baikonur time) on Dec. 17 and will spend the next five months living and working aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

The crew of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 mission poses for a photo during a crew equipment interface test (CEIT) inside SpaceX’s new Dragon processing facility at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Monday, Feb. 17, 2025. From left, Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov, mission specialist; NASA astronauts Nichole Ayers, pilot and Anne McClain, commander; and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Takuya Onishi, mission specialist, participated in the CEIT, which plays an important role in familiarizing crew members with the interior of the Dragon spacecraft ahead of their four-month mission to International Space Station.

SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 mission arrives at the company’s hangar at Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39A in Florida on Tuesday, March 4, after a short journey from a nearby processing facility at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. NASA astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers, along with JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Takuya Onishi and Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov are slated to launch to the International Space Station aboard SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft, powered by the company’s Falcon 9 rocket no earlier than 7:48 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, March 12, 2025.

SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 mission arrives at the company’s hangar at Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39A in Florida on Tuesday, March 4, after a short journey from a nearby processing facility at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. NASA astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers, along with JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Takuya Onishi and Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov are slated to launch to the International Space Station aboard SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft, powered by the company’s Falcon 9 rocket no earlier than 7:48 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, March 12, 2025.

The crew of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 mission poses for a photo during a crew equipment interface test (CEIT) inside SpaceX’s new Dragon processing facility at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Monday, Feb. 17, 2025. From left, Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov, mission specialist; NASA astronauts Nichole Ayers, pilot and Anne McClain, commander; and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Takuya Onishi, mission specialist, participated in the CEIT, which plays an important role in familiarizing crew members with the interior of the Dragon spacecraft ahead of their four-month mission to International Space Station.

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 crew members enter their SpaceX Dragon spacecraft ahead of launch from Launch Complex 39A at NASA Kennedy on Friday, March 14, 2025. From left, Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov, mission specialist; NASA astronauts Nichole Ayers, pilot and Anne McClain, commander; and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Takuya Onishi, mission specialist are scheduled to lift off aboard the Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket at 7:03 p.m. EDT.

NASA astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Takuya Onishi, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov, wearing SpaceX spacesuits, are seen as they prepare to depart the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building for Launch Complex 39A on NASA's Kennedy Space Center to board the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft for the Crew-10 mission launch, Wednesday, March 12, 2025, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 mission is the tenth crew rotation 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. McClain, Ayers, Onishi, and Peskov are scheduled to launch at 7:48 p.m. EDT, from Launch Complex 39A at the NASA's Kennedy Space Center. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

NASA astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers, along with JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Takuya Onishi and Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov, pose inside the Astronaut Crew Quarters in the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on March 7, 2025. McClain, Ayers, Onishi, and Peskov will launch on NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 mission – the 10th crew rotation mission of the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket that will send the crew to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. The mission is scheduled to launch no earlier than 7:48 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, March 12, 2025, from NASA Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39A.

NASA astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Takuya Onishi, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov, wearing SpaceX spacesuits, are seen as they prepare to depart the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building for Launch Complex 39A on NASA's Kennedy Space Center to board the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft for the Crew-10 mission launch, Wednesday, March 12, 2025, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 mission is the tenth crew rotation 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. McClain, Ayers, Onishi, and Peskov are scheduled to launch at 7:48 p.m. EDT, from Launch Complex 39A at the NASA's Kennedy Space Center. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Takuya Onishi is photographed in his SpaceX spacesuit inside the crew suit-up room in the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida ahead of launch of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 mission on Friday, March 14, 2025. Onishi, NASA astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers, along with Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov are scheduled to lift off aboard SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket at 7:03 p.m. EDT, from Launch Complex 39A at NASA Kennedy. Crew-10 is the 10th crew rotation mission with SpaceX to the space station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program

JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Takuya Onishi is photographed in his SpaceX spacesuit inside the crew suit-up room in the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida ahead of launch of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 mission on Wednesday, March 12, 2025. Onishi, NASA astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers, along with Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov are scheduled to lift off aboard SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket at 7:48 p.m. EDT, from Launch Complex 39A at NASA Kennedy. Crew-10 is the 10th crew rotation mission with SpaceX to the space station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program.

From right to left to right, NASA astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers, along with JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Takuya Onishi and Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov, pose inside the Astronaut Crew Quarters in the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on [DAY, DATE, YEAR]. McClain, Ayers, Onishi, and Peskov will launch on NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 mission – the 10th crew rotation mission of the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket that will send the crew to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. The mission is scheduled to launch no earlier than 7:48 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, March 12, 2025, from NASA Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39A.

JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Takuya Onishi and Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov speak with family and friends as they prepare to depart the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building for Launch Complex 39A on NASA's Kennedy Space Center to board the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft for the Crew-10 mission launch, Wednesday, March 12, 2025, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 mission is the tenth crew rotation 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. Onishi, Peskov, and NASA astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers are scheduled to launch at 7:48 p.m. EDT, from Launch Complex 39A at the NASA's Kennedy Space Center. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Takuya Onishi signs his name inside the Astronaut Crew Quarters in the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Friday, March 7, 2025, ahead of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 mission. Crew-10 is the 10th crew rotation mission of the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket that will send NASA astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers, along with Onishi and Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. The mission is scheduled to launch no earlier than 7:48 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, March 12, 2025, from NASA Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39A.

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 crew members walk out of the Astronaut Crew Quarters inside the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida ahead of launch on Friday, March 14, 2025. NASA astronauts Nichole Ayers and Anne McClain, along with JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Takuya Onishi and Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov are scheduled to lift off aboard SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket at 7:03 p.m. EDT, from Launch Complex 39A at NASA Kennedy. Crew-10 is the tenth crew rotation mission with SpaceX to the space station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program.

Sarah Walker, director, Dragon Mission Management, SpaceX participates in a postlaunch news conference at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Friday, March 14, 2025, following the launch of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 mission to the International Space Station. NASA astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers, along with JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Takuya Onishi and Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov launched to the International Space Station aboard SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket at 7:03 p.m. EDT on the 10th crew rotation mission with SpaceX to the space station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program.

JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Takuya Onishi and Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov walk through the crew access arm connecting the launch tower to the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft ahead NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 mission launch on Friday, March 14, 2025. The 10th crew rotation mission with SpaceX to the space station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program, Crew-10 is scheduled to lift off aboard SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket at 7:03 p.m. EDT, from Launch Complex 39A at NASA Kennedy.

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 crew members participate in a countdown dress rehearsal at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Sunday, March 9, 2025, to prepare for their upcoming launch. NASA astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers, along with JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Takuya Onishi and Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov will launch to the International Space Station aboard SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket. Launch is targeted for 7:48 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, March 12, 2025, from Launch Complex 39A at NASA Kennedy. Crew-10 is the 10th crew rotation mission with SpaceX to the space station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company's Dragon spacecraft lifts off on NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 mission to the International Space Station with NASA astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers, along with JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Takuya Onishi and Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov aboard at 7:03 p.m. EDT Friday, March 14, 2025, from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Crew-10 is the 10th crew rotation mission of the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the space station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program.

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 crew members enter an elevator as they prepare to walk out of the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida ahead of launch on Friday, March 14, 2025. From left to right, NASA astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers, along with JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Takuya Onishi and Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov are scheduled to lift off aboard SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket at 7:03 p.m. EDT, from Launch Complex 39A at NASA Kennedy. Crew-10 is the tenth crew rotation mission with SpaceX to the space station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program.

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 crew members wave to family and friends as they prepare to depart the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida for nearby Launch Complex 39A for launch of Crew-10 on Wednesday, March 12, 2025. From left to right, Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov, NASA astronauts Nichole Ayers and Anne McClain, along with JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Takuya Onishi are scheduled to lift off aboard SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket at 7:48 p.m. EDT. Crew-10 is the 10th crew rotation mission with SpaceX to the space station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program.