Four astronauts from NASA, JAXA, and Roscosmos are teaming up for an ambitious mission aboard the International Space Station ...

According to a release, the crew will consist of NASA astronauts Commander Zena Cardman, from Williamsburg, Va., Pilot Mike Fincke, from Emsworth, Pa., JAXA astronaut Mission Specialist Kimiya Yui ...

Retired Canadian astronaut Colonel Chris Hadfield also shared the video, commenting, "That's friend Koichi Wakata inside the JAXA module of the International Space Station – Japan plays great ...

JAXA astronaut Takuya Onishi, 49, also began a mission at the ISS earlier this month.

Astronaut Koichi Wakata posted a clip on X ... He pitches, hits and catches the ball while floating in microgravity inside the JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) module of the International ...

With 142 days in space, this will be Yui's second trip to the space station. After his selection as a JAXA astronaut in 2009, Yui flew as a flight engineer for Expedition 44/45 and became the ...

Koichi Wakata, one of Japan’s most accomplished astronauts, retired from JAXA in 2024. Tech billionaire Elon Musk has drawn global attention to a moment of space entertainment by sharing a video ...

After a nearly two-decade career, veteran astronaut Wakata retired from JAXA in 2024. During Expedition 39, he became the first Japanese commander of the ISS, having spent more than 500 days in ...

Fincke, who became an astronaut in 1996, is a retired U.S. Air Force colonel. Yui, 54, will participate in his second trip to the space station after 142 days in space. He was selected as a JAXA ...

From left are Mission Specialist Kimiya Yui from JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency), Commander NASA astronaut Zena Cardman, Mission Specialist Oleg Platonov of Roscosmos, and Pilot NASA ...

Koichi Wakata, a veteran astronaut with decades of human spaceflight ... "That's friend Koichi Wakata inside the JAXA module of the International Space Station - Japan plays great baseball!" ...