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Soyuz launch to ISS

BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan, Dec. 19 Kyodo - Three astronauts -- Scott Tingle of the United States (R), Norishige Kanai of Japan (C) and Anton Shkaplerov of Russia -- board a Russian Soyuz spacecraft at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Dec. 17, 2017. The aircraft was successfully launched to the International Space Station later in the day.

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Soyuz launch to ISS

BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan, Dec. 19 Kyodo - Japanese astronaut Norishige Kanai smiles before boarding a Russian Soyuz spacecraft at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Dec. 17, 2017. The spacecraft was successfully launched to the International Space Station later in the day with two other astronauts from Russia and the United States on board.

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Soyuz launch to ISS

BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan, Dec. 19 Kyodo - Japanese astronaut Norishige Kanai clenches his fist before boarding a Russian Soyuz spacecraft at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Dec. 17, 2017. The spacecraft was successfully launched to the International Space Station later in the day with two other astronauts from Russia and the United States on board. (Pool photo)

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Japanese astronaut Kanai

BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan, Dec. 18 Kyodo - Japanese astronaut Norishige Kanai speaks to reporters before boarding a Soyuz spacecraft at Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Dec. 16, 2017.

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Japan taps 3 new astronauts

TOKYO, Japan - (from L) Kimiya Yui, Takuya Onishi and Norishige Kanai attend a press conference in Tokyo on July 27, 2011, one day after the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency certified them as astronauts for the International Space Station. The three Japanese astronauts have completed all their basic training requirements in the U.S. and elsewhere. Seen in front is a model of the ISS.

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Japan taps 3 new astronauts

TOKYO, Japan - (from L) Takuya Onishi, Kimiya Yui, and Norishige Kanai hold a model of the International Space Station during a press conference in Tokyo on July 27, 2011, one day after the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency certified them as astronauts for the ISS. The three Japanese astronauts have completed all their basic training requirements in the U.S. and elsewhere.

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Japan taps 3 new astronauts

TOKYO, Japan - Norishige Kanai attends a press conference in Tokyo on July 27, 2011, one day after the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency certified Kanai and two other men as astronauts for the International Space Station. The three Japanese astronauts have completed all their basic training requirements in the U.S. and elsewhere. Seen in front is a model of the ISS.

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MSDF doctor nominated as astronaut candidate

TOKYO, Japan - Norishige Kanai, a Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force doctor, smiles while looking at a model of the country's space laboratory Kibo at a press conference at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency in Tokyo on Sept. 8, 2009. The 32-year-old lieutenant was chosen as an astronaut candidate by JAXA.

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MSDF doctor nominated as astronaut candidate

TOKYO, Japan - Norishige Kanai, a Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force doctor, poses for photographers in front of a model of the country's space laboratory Kibo during a press conference at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency in Tokyo on Sept. 8, 2009.

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MSDF doctor nominated as astronaut candidate

TOKYO, Japan - Norishige Kanai, a Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force doctor, speaks at a press conference after being chosen as an astronaut candidate by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency in Tokyo on Sept. 8, 2009. The 32-year-old lieutenant may be chosen to stay at the International Space Station for a lengthy period.

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MSDF doctor nominated as astronaut candidate

TOKYO, Japan - Lt. Norishige Kanai, 32, chosen as an astronaut candidate by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, speaks during a news conference at the agency's Tokyo office on Sept. 8, 2009. Kanai, a Maritime Self-Defense Force doctor, is to stay at the International Space Station for a lengthy duration.

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Japanese astronaut Kanai to travel to space in 2017

Japanese astronaut Norishige Kanai, who is due to travel into space in 2017 aboard Russia's Soyuz spacecraft, attends a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 27, 2015. An expert on submarine medicine, Kanai is expected to carry out scientific experiments in the space environment during his six-month stay at the International Space Station. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese astronaut Kanai to travel to space in 2017

Japanese astronaut Norishige Kanai, who is due to travel into space in 2017 aboard Russia's Soyuz spacecraft, attends a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 27, 2015. An expert on submarine medicine, Kanai is expected to carry out scientific experiments in the space environment during his six-month stay at the International Space Station. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese astronaut Kanai to travel to space in 2017

Japanese astronaut Norishige Kanai, who is due to travel into space in 2017 aboard Russia's Soyuz spacecraft, attends a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 27, 2015. An expert on submarine medicine, Kanai is expected to carry out scientific experiments in the space environment during his six-month stay at the International Space Station. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Soyuz launch to ISS

Japanese astronaut Norishige Kanai smiles before boarding a Russian Soyuz spacecraft at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Dec. 17, 2017. The spacecraft was successfully launched to the International Space Station later in the day with two other astronauts from Russia and the United States on board. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Soyuz launch to ISS

Japanese astronaut Norishige Kanai clenches his fist before boarding a Russian Soyuz spacecraft at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Dec. 17, 2017. The spacecraft was successfully launched to the International Space Station later in the day with two other astronauts from Russia and the United States on board. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Soyuz launch to ISS

Three astronauts -- Scott Tingle of the United States (R), Norishige Kanai of Japan (C) and Anton Shkaplerov of Russia -- board a Russian Soyuz spacecraft at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Dec. 17, 2017. The aircraft was successfully launched to the International Space Station later in the day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese astronaut Kanai

Japanese astronaut Norishige Kanai holds up his fist before boarding a Soyuz spacecraft at Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Dec. 17, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese astronaut Kanai

Japanese astronaut Norishige Kanai speaks to reporters before boarding a Soyuz spacecraft at Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Dec. 16, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese astronaut Kanai

Japanese astronaut Norishige Kanai holds up his fist before boarding a Soyuz spacecraft at Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Dec. 17, 2017. (Pool photo) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Astronaut keeps his cool as he awaits 1st flight to space

Japanese astronaut Norishige Kanai poses for a photo at a Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency office in Tokyo on March 29, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese astronaut Kanai speaks to press about long stay on ISS

Norishige Kanai, a Japanese astronaut scheduled to stay on the International Space Station for six months from November 2017, answers a reporter's question at the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation in Tokyo on Aug. 26, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan taps 3 new astronauts

TOKYO, Japan - (from L) Takuya Onishi, Kimiya Yui, and Norishige Kanai hold a model of the International Space Station during a press conference in Tokyo on July 27, 2011, one day after the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency certified them as astronauts for the ISS. The three Japanese astronauts have completed all their basic training requirements in the U.S. and elsewhere. (Kyodo)

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Japan taps 3 new astronauts

TOKYO, Japan - Norishige Kanai attends a press conference in Tokyo on July 27, 2011, one day after the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency certified Kanai and two other men as astronauts for the International Space Station. The three Japanese astronauts have completed all their basic training requirements in the U.S. and elsewhere. Seen in front is a model of the ISS. (Kyodo)

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Japan taps 3 new astronauts

TOKYO, Japan - (from L) Kimiya Yui, Takuya Onishi and Norishige Kanai attend a press conference in Tokyo on July 27, 2011, one day after the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency certified them as astronauts for the International Space Station. The three Japanese astronauts have completed all their basic training requirements in the U.S. and elsewhere. Seen in front is a model of the ISS. (Kyodo)

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Model anime robots into space

Japanese astronauts Norishige Kanai (R) and Soichi Noguchi attend an event in Shizuoka, central Japan, on Sept. 4, 2019, to promote a project to launch model robots from the anime series "Mobile Suit Gundam" into space aboard a satellite that will be launched in March 2020. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Model anime robots into space

Japanese astronauts Norishige Kanai (L) and Soichi Noguchi attend an event in Shizuoka, central Japan, on Sept. 4, 2019, to promote a project to launch model robots from the anime series "Mobile Suit Gundam" into space aboard a satellite that will be launched in March 2020. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo Olympic athlete support project with Gundam

Japanese astronaut Norishige Kanai speaks in front of a model of anime robot Gundam during a press conference in Tokyo on May 15, 2019. Organizers of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics announced plans to launch model robots from "Mobile Suit Gundam" into space aboard a satellite that will broadcast messages of support to athletes. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Astronaut Norishige Kanai

Astronaut Norishige Kanai speaks at an event with children in Ichikawa, Chiba Prefecture, on Nov. 25, 2018, about his experiences during his five-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Astronaut Norishige Kanai

Astronaut Norishige Kanai speaks at an event with children in Ichikawa, Chiba Prefecture, on Nov. 25, 2018, about his experiences during his five-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese astronaut Kanai

Japanese astronaut Norishige Kanai speaks at a debrief session in Tokyo on July 26, 2018. Kanai returned to Earth in early June after completing a five-and-a-half month mission at the International Space Station. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese astronaut Kanai

Japanese astronaut Norishige Kanai speaks at a debrief session in Tokyo on July 26, 2018. Kanai returned to Earth in early June after completing a five-and-a-half month mission at the International Space Station. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Astronauts' return to Earth

Japanese astronaut Norishige Kanai (C) stands with support of staff in Kazakhstan on June 3, 2018, after undergoing a medical checkup at a tent seen in the background following his return to Earth from a long-term mission at the International Space Station. Standing next to him was Japanese astronaut Takuya Onishi (L). (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Astronauts' return to Earth

Japanese astronaut Norishige Kanai (C) walks with support of staff in Kazakhstan on June 3, 2018, after returning to Earth following a long-term mission at the International Space Station. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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3 astronauts return from ISS

Japanese astronaut Norishige Kanai smiles after returning to Earth in a Soyuz spacecraft on June 3, 2018, following a five-and-a-half month mission in the International Space Station. The spacecraft landed in the Kazakhstan countryside, carrying him and two other ISS crew members. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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3 astronauts return from ISS

Japanese astronaut Norishige Kanai waves his hand after landing in the Kazakhstan countryside with two other crew members from the International Space Station on June 3, 2018, after completing a five-and-a-half month mission. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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3 astronauts return from ISS

Japanese astronaut Norishige Kanai smiles after returning to Earth in a Soyuz spacecraft on June 3, 2018, following a five-and-a-half month mission in the International Space Station. The spacecraft landed in the Kazakhstan countryside, carrying him and two other ISS crew members. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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3 astronauts return from ISS

Japanese astronaut Norishige Kanai waves his hand after landing in the Kazakhstan countryside with two other crew members from the International Space Station on June 3, 2018, after completing a five-and-a-half month mission. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese astronaut Kanai

School children (L) in Gifu Prefecture in Japan communicate with Japanese astronaut Norishige Kanai (on the screen) aboard the International Space Station on May 29, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese astronaut Kanai

Japanese astronaut Norishige Kanai (on the screen) communicates from the International Space Station with school children in Gifu Prefecture, Japan, on May 29, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan PM Abe visits Russia

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (far L) and Russian President Vladimir Putin (next to Abe) in Moscow wave at astronauts Norishige Kanai (far R) of Japan and Anton Shkaplerov of Russia aboard the International Space Station, who are seen on a screen set up at the Kremlin on May 26, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Astronauts talk to students

Astronauts Norishige Kanai (L on monitor) and Anton Shkaplerov, who are at the International Space Station, talk with Japanese and Russian students in Tokyo on May 18, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Astronauts talk to students

Astronauts Norishige Kanai (L) and Anton Shkaplerov, who are at the International Space Station, greet Japanese and Russian students in Tokyo on May 18, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Astronaut Kanai undergoes final check before Soyuz launch

Japanese astronaut Norishige Kanai undergoes a final checkup before a Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying him and two other astronauts is launched to the International Space Station on Dec. 17, 2017. The Soyuz was successfully launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Astronaut Kanai undergoes final check before Soyuz launch

Japanese astronaut Norishige Kanai undergoes a final checkup before a Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying him and two other astronauts is launched to the International Space Station on Dec. 17, 2017. The Soyuz was successfully launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Soyuz rocket launch

A Soyuz rocket blasts off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Dec. 17, 2017, to carry Norishige Kanai of Japan, Anton Shkaplerov of Russia and Scott Tingle of the United States to the International Space Station. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Soyuz rocket launch

(From top) Scott Tingle of the United States, Norishige Kanai of Japan and Anton Shkaplerov of Russia wave to onlookers before boarding a Soyuz spacecraft in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, on Dec. 17, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Soyuz rocket launch

A Soyuz rocket blasts off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Dec. 17, 2017, to carry Norishige Kanai of Japan, Anton Shkaplerov of Russia and Scott Tingle of the United States to the International Space Station. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Soyuz rocket launch

A Soyuz rocket blasts off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Dec. 17, 2017, to carry Norishige Kanai of Japan, Anton Shkaplerov of Russia and Scott Tingle of the United States to the International Space Station. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Soyuz rocket launch

A Soyuz rocket blasts off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Dec. 17, 2017, to carry Norishige Kanai of Japan, Anton Shkaplerov of Russia and Scott Tingle of the United States to the International Space Station. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo