Astronaut candidate Yui quits ASDF to join space agency

Astronaut candidate Yui quits ASDF to join space agency

TOKYO, Japan - Lt. Col. Kimiya Yui, the Air Self-Defense Force fighter pilot chosen to become an astronaut, leaves the Defense Agency in Tokyo on March 31 after a ceremony to send him off. Yui will join the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency and begin training for the much-coveted profession.

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