Japanese astronaut Hoshide to travel to int'l space station in 2012

TOKYO, Japan - This photo shows Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide who has been assigned a role at the International Space Station that is expected to keep him there for about six months from the summer of 2012. Hoshide, 40, is the fourth Japanese astronaut to be selected for a long-term stay aboard the space station, where he is scheduled to engage in the operation of Japan's Kibo laboratory module, the state-run agency said Nov. 18, 2009.

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