Recruiting future astronauts

Recruiting future astronauts

Japanese astronauts (from L) Kimiya Yui, Naoko Yamazaki and Takuya Onishi gather in Tokyo for an online event on Dec. 1, 2021, urging people to apply to become astronauts.

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