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Space event at Osaka expo

Japanese astronaut Naoko Yamazaki (C) attends an event at the World Exposition in Osaka on July 10, 2025, connecting the expo venue with the International Space Station.

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Japan imperial couple at museum

Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako are guided by Naoko Yamazaki(L) , a former Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut, at the Gifu Kakamigahara Air and Space Museum in Kakamigahara, Gifu Prefecture, on Oct. 15, 2024.

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Farmers harvest pumpkins grown from seeds back from space

CHIBA, Japan - Mamoru Hayashi, leader of a citizens' group in Matsudo, Chiba Prefecture, poses on Oct. 17, 2014, with pumpkins grown from seeds brought to and back from space by Japanese astronaut Naoko Yamazaki, a native of the Tokyo suburb. The group hopes to market them under the "space pumpkin" brand and make them a local specialty.

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Otsuka Pharma to send 'time capsule' to moon

TOKYO, Japan - Astronaut Naoko Yamazaki (L, back row) and retired swimmer Aya Terakawa (R, back row) on May 15, 2014, attend Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co.窶冱 event held in Tokyo to announce a plan to send a "time capsule" containing powder of Pocari Sweat, the company's beverage product, and messages of children from around the world to the moon. The company aims to launch the capsule in October 2015 in cooperation with a U.S. spaceship developer.

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Seeds derived from those taken to space station go to disaster area

MORIOKA, Japan - An official (L) of the city government of Matsudo, Chiba Prefecture, delivers pumpkin seeds to the Iwate Prefecture education board at the Iwate prefectural hall in Morioka on April 25, 2012, accompanied by a message from former astronaut Naoko Yamazaki, a Matsudo native. The seeds, which are derived from pumpkin seeds taken to the International Space Station by Yamazaki aboard the space shuttle Discovery, were delivered with the aim of instilling hope in children affected by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

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Astronaut Yamazaki eyes being outer space educator

TOKYO, Japan - Astronaut Naoko Yamazaki speaks during a press conference at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency in Tokyo on Aug. 31, 2011. Yamazaki said she wants to work as a freelance outer space educator after resigning from the space agency that day.

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Astronaut Yamazaki at gov't cost-cutting screening

TOKYO, Japan - Astronaut Naoko Yamazaki attends a screening to review state projects and their costs by the government's cost-cutting unit in Tokyo on Nov. 18, 2010. Yamazaki told reporters following her participation that she hopes the government will understand potential of space development.

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Astronaut to research at alma mater

TOKYO, Japan - Astronaut Naoko Yamazaki, who stayed aboard the International Space Station in April 2010, speaks at a press conference at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency in Tokyo on Nov. 9, 2010. Yamazaki said she will temporarily suspend her work at the space agency as she will engage in space exploration research at her alma mater the University of Tokyo.

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Emperor's garden party

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Akihito (L) chats with guests at his garden party in rainy weather at Akasaka Imperial Garden in Tokyo on Oct. 28, 2010, including astronauts Naoko Yamazaki (woman in kimono at center R) and Soichi Noguchi (R).

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Astronaut to advise gov't

TOKYO, Japan - Astronaut Naoko Yamazaki (L) receives a document assigning her as an adviser to the Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Ministry on science policy from education minister Tatsuo Kawabata (R) in Tokyo on Aug. 24, 2010.

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Astronaut Yamazaki given special science award

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese astronaut Naoko Yamazaki addresses a ceremony after being given a special award of L'Oreal UNESCO program for women in science in Tokyo on Aug. 23, 2010. Yamazaki, who stayed in the International Space Station in April, said she was grateful to her husband, parents and other supporters.

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Space shuttle crew in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - All seven crew members of the space shuttle Discovery mission carried out in the spring of 2010 meet the press at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on June 28, 2010. The astronauts including commander Alan Poindexter (C) and Japanese mission specialist Naoko Yamazaki (3rd from R) transported supplies and equipment from Earth to the International Space Station aboard the shuttle.

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Morning glory seeds

TOKYO, Japan - Children receive seeds of Japanese morning glory flowers brought back from space to Earth by astronaut Naoko Yamazaki from artist Katsuhiko Hibino (L) in an event in Tokyo on June 7, 2010. Hibino organized the event to plant the seeds.

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Japanese astronaut Yamazaki back in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese astronaut Naoko Yamazaki (C), who traveled to the International Space Station aboard NASA's space shuttle Discovery in April 2010, shakes hands with Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Minister Tatsuo Kawabata during a courtesy call at the ministry in Tokyo on May 17, 2010. Yamazaki is on a temporary visit to Japan after her 15-day space mission.

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Japanese astronaut Yamazaki back in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese astronaut Naoko Yamazaki, who traveled to the International Space Station aboard NASA's space shuttle Discovery in April 2010, speaks during a news conference in Tokyo on May 17, 2010. Yamazaki is on a temporary visit to Japan after her 15-day space mission.

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Japanese astronaut Yamazaki at welcome ceremony

HOUSTON, United States - Japanese astronaut Naoko Yamazaki, who was aboard NASA's space shuttle Discovery, smiles during a welcome ceremony at Houston's Ellington Field in Texas on April 21, 2010, a day after returning from a 15-day mission with six other crew members.

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Japanese astronaut Yamazaki at welcome ceremony

HOUSTON, United States - Japanese astronaut Naoko Yamazaki (L), who was aboard NASA's space shuttle Discovery, waves as she heads to a welcome ceremony with her daughter Yuki (R) and husband Taichi (back) at Houston's Ellington Field in Texas on April 21, 2010, a day after returning from a 15-day mission with six other crew members.

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Discovery astronauts attend welcome ceremony

HOUSTON, United States - The crew members of NASA's space shuttle Discovery, including Japanese astronaut Naoko Yamazaki (2nd from R), attend a welcome ceremony at Houston's Ellington Field in Texas on April 21, 2010, a day after returning from their 15-day mission.

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Japanese astronaut Yamazaki at welcome ceremony

HOUSTON, United States - Japanese astronaut Naoko Yamazaki (L), who was aboard NASA's space shuttle Discovery, celebrates with her daughter Yuki (2nd from L) and husband Taichi (R) during a welcome ceremony at Houston's Ellington Field in Texas on April 21, 2010, a day after returning from a 15-day mission with six other crew members.

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Japanese astronaut Yamazaki at welcome ceremony

HOUSTON, United States - Japanese astronaut Naoko Yamazaki, who was aboard NASA's space shuttle Discovery, speaks during a welcome ceremony at Houston's Ellington Field in Texas on April 21, 2010, a day after returning from a 15-day mission with six other crew members.

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Japanese astronaut Yamazaki at welcome ceremony

HOUSTON, United States - Japanese astronaut Naoko Yamazaki, who was aboard NASA's space shuttle Discovery, waves to the crowd during a welcome ceremony at Houston's Ellington Field in Texas on April 21, 2010, a day after returning from a 15-day mission with six other crew members.

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Discovery astronauts attend welcome ceremony

HOUSTON, United States - The crew members of NASA's space shuttle Discovery, including Japanese astronaut Naoko Yamazaki (2nd from R), celebrate during a welcome ceremony at Houston's Ellington Field in Texas on April 21, 2010. The seven-member crew returned to Earth the previous day from a 15-day mission to the International Space Station.

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Japanese astronauts play musical instruments together

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese astronauts Soichi Noguci (L in back) and Naoko Yamazaki (R in back) at the International Space Station talk to Moeka Kusuda, a six-grader at an elementary school, at the prime minister's office in Tokyo during a video chat event on April 12, 2010. Two Cabinet ministers and six schoolchildren took part in the event during which Noguchi and Yamazaki played musical instruments together.

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Japanese astronaut installs module on space station

TOKYO, Japan - This photo taken from NASA TV shows Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi getting out of the multi-purpose logistics module Leonardo into the International Space Station. U.S. space shuttle Discovery mission specialists Stephanie Wilson and Naoko Yamazaki used the ISS robotic arm to lift Leonardo from the shuttle and attach it to the ISS on April 7, 2010.

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Japanese astronaut installs module on space station

TOKYO, Japan - This photo taken from NASA TV shows a robotic arm of the International Space Station picking up a logistics module, named Leonardo, from the U.S. space shuttle Discovery. Japanese astronaut Naoko Yamazaki, one of the seven shuttle crew members, operated the arm and connected the module to the ISS on April 7, 2010.

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Japanese astronaut installs module on space station

TOKYO, Japan - This photo taken from NASA TV shows a robotic arm of the International Space Station connecting a logistics module, named Leonardo, to the International Space Station. Japanese astronaut Naoko Yamazaki, one of the seven crew members of the U.S. space shuttle Discovery, operated the arm to pick up the module from the shuttle and connect it to the ISS on April 7, 2010.

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Japanese astronaut installs module on space station

TOKYO, Japan - This photo taken from NASA TV shows a robotic arm of the International Space Station picking up a logistics module, named Leonardo, from the U.S. space shuttle Discovery. Japanese astronaut Naoko Yamazaki, one of the seven shuttle crew members, operated the arm and connected the module to the ISS on April 7, 2010.

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Japanese astronaut installs module on space station

TOKYO, Japan - This photo taken from NASA TV shows a robotic arm of the International Space Station picking up a logistics module, named Leonardo, from the U.S. space shuttle Discovery. Japanese astronaut Naoko Yamazaki, one of the seven shuttle crew members, operated the arm and connected the module to the ISS on April 7, 2010.

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Japanese astronaut installs module on space station

TOKYO, Japan - This photo taken from NASA TV shows a robotic arm of the International Space Station connecting a logistics module, named Leonardo, to the International Space Station. Japanese astronaut Naoko Yamazaki, one of the seven crew members of the U.S. space shuttle Discovery, operated the arm to pick up the module from the shuttle and connect it to the ISS on April 7, 2010.

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Japanese astronaut installs module on space station

TOKYO, Japan - This photo taken from NASA TV shows a robotic arm of the International Space Station picking up a logistics module, named Leonardo, from the U.S. space shuttle Discovery. Japanese astronaut Naoko Yamazaki, one of the seven shuttle crew members, operated the arm and connected the module to the ISS on April 7, 2010.

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2 Japanese in space together for 1st time as shuttle docks at ISS

TOKYO, Japan - NASA Television on April 7, 2010 in Tokyo shows Japanese astronaut Shoichi Noguchi (L), who is stationed at the International Space Station, posing as he welcomes U.S. astronaut Clayton Anderson (R) from the U.S. space shuttle Discovery after it docked at the ISS. Noguchi later met with Naoko Yamazaki, another Japanese astronaut on the Discovery, for the first such meeting between two Japanese astronauts in space.

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2 Japanese in space together for 1st time as shuttle docks at ISS

TOKYO, Japan - NASA Television on April 7, 2010 in Tokyo shows Japanese astronaut Naoko Yamazaki (C) entering the International Space Station from the U.S. space shuttle Discovery. Yamazaki met with Shoichi Noguchi, another Japanese astronaut who was already stationed at the ISS, for the first such meeting between two Japanese astronauts in space.

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2 Japanese in space together for 1st time as shuttle docks at ISS

TOKYO, Japan - NASA Television on April 7, 2010 in Tokyo shows Japanese astronaut Naoko Yamazaki (front) entering the International Space Station from the U.S. space shuttle Discovery with other crew members. Yamazaki met with Shoichi Noguchi, another Japanese astronaut who was already stationed at the ISS, for the first such meeting between two Japanese astronauts in space.

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Discovery docks at ISS

TOKYO, Japan - NASA Television on April 7, 2010 in Tokyo shows the U.S. space shuttle Discovery (C), carrying seven crew members including Japanese astronaut Naoko Yamazaki, docking at the International Space Station. Yamazaki met with Soichi Noguchi, another Japanese astronaut who was already stationed at the ISS, for the first such meeting between two Japanese astronauts in space.

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Discovery docks at ISS

TOKYO, Japan - NASA Television on April 7, 2010 in Tokyo shows the U.S. space shuttle Discovery (C), carrying seven crew members including Japanese astronaut Naoko Yamazaki, docking at the International Space Station, with the earth in the background. Yamazaki met with Soichi Noguchi, another Japanese astronaut who was already stationed at the ISS, for the first such meeting between two Japanese astronauts in space.

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Discovery docks at ISS

TOKYO, Japan - NASA Television on April 7, 2010 in Tokyo shows the U.S. space shuttle Discovery (C), carrying seven crew members including Japanese astronaut Naoko Yamazaki, docking at the International Space Station. Yamazaki met with Soichi Noguchi, another Japanese astronaut who was already stationed at the ISS, for the first such meeting between two Japanese astronauts in space.

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Shuttle succeeds in entering orbit with Yamazaki on board

CAPE CANAVERAL, United States - The space shuttle Discovery lifts off from the launch pad at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, carrying Japanese astronaut Naoko Yamazaki, on April 5, 2010. Yamazaki, the first Japanese mother to fly into space, and six other crew members are on a mission to the International Space Station.

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Shuttle succeeds in entering orbit with Yamazaki on board

TOKYO, Japan - Children in the city of Matsudo, Chiba Prefecture, hometown of Japanese astronaut Naoko Yamazaki, cheer as they watch the space shuttle Discovery with Yamazaki on board lift off from the launch pad at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, via satellite broadcasting on April 5, 2010.

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Shuttle succeeds in entering orbit with Yamazaki on board

CAPE CANAVERAL, United States - The space shuttle Discovery lifts off from the launch pad at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, carrying Japanese astronaut Naoko Yamazaki, on April 5, 2010. Yamazaki, the first Japanese mother to fly into space, and six other crew members are on a mission to the International Space Station.

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Shuttle succeeds in entering orbit

TOKYO, Japan - Akito Shikano (L) and his wife Kimie, parents of Japanese astronaut Naoko Yamazaki, show Yamazaki's graduation essay she wrote when she was in sixth grade at a news conference at Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on April 5, 2010. The space shuttle Discovery with Yamazaki on board lifted off on a mission to the International Space Center from Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, the same day.

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Shuttle succeeds in entering orbit

CAPE CANAVERAL, United States - The space shuttle Discovery lifts off from the launch pad at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, carrying Japanese astronaut Naoko Yamazaki, on April 5, 2010. Yamazaki, the first Japanese mother to fly into space, and six other crew members are on a mission to the International Space Station.

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Shuttle succeeds in entering orbit

TOKYO, Japan - Students at Ochanomizu University Senior High School, alma mater of Japanese astronaut Naoko Yamazaki, in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward cheer as they watch the space shuttle Discovery with Yamazaki on board lift off from the launch pad at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, via satellite broadcasting at the school on April 5, 2010.

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Shuttle succeeds in entering orbit

CAPE CANAVERAL, United States - The space shuttle Discovery lifts off from the launch pad at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, carrying Japanese astronaut Naoko Yamazaki, on April 5, 2010. Yamazaki, the first Japanese mother to fly into space, and six other crew members are on a mission to the International Space Station.

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Yamazaki prepares to go on Discovery

CAPE CANAVERAL, United States - Japanese astronaut Naoko Yamazaki (2nd from L) and other crew members of NASA's space shuttle Discovery wave as they head to the launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on April 5, 2010. Yamazaki, the first Japanese mother to fly into space, is one of seven crew members on a mission to the International Space Station.

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Yamazaki prepares to go on Discovery

CAPE CANAVERAL, United States - Japanese astronaut Naoko Yamazaki (2nd from L) and other crew members of NASA's space shuttle Discovery wave as they head to the launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on April 5, 2010. Yamazaki, the first Japanese mother to fly into space, is one of seven crew members on a mission to the International Space Station.

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Yamazaki prepares to go on Discovery

CAPE CANAVERAL, United States - Japanese astronaut Naoko Yamazaki gives a thumbs-up before heading to the launch pad to board NASA's space shuttle Discovery at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on April 5, 2010. Yamazaki, the first Japanese mother to fly into space, and six other crew members are bound for the International Space Station.

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Yamazaki prepares to go on Discovery

CAPE CANAVERAL, United States - Japanese astronaut Naoko Yamazaki waves as she heads to the launch pad to board NASA's space shuttle Discovery at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on April 5, 2010. Yamazaki, the first Japanese mother to fly into space, is one of the seven crew members to be on a mission to the International Space Station.

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Yamazaki prepares to go on Discovery

CAPE CANAVERAL, United States - Japanese astronaut Naoko Yamazaki waves as she heads to the launch pad to board NASA's space shuttle Discovery at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on April 5, 2010. Yamazaki, the first Japanese mother to fly into space, is one of the seven crew members to be on a mission to the International Space Station.

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Kennedy Space Center prepares for launch of Discovery

CAPE CANAVERAL, United States - The launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, under preparation for the launch of NASA's space shuttle Discovery, on April 4, 2010. Discovery is scheduled to lift off on the morning of April 5 on a mission to the International Space Station, with Japanese astronaut Naoko Yamazaki among the crew of seven.

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Japanese astronaut speaks ahead of flight

HOUSTON, United States - Japanese astronaut Naoko Yamazaki speaks to reporters at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, on March 8, 2010. Yamazaki says she is looking forward to playing a miniature ''koto'', a Japanese musical instrument, in space aboard NASA's space shuttle Discovery, scheduled to depart on April 5.