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[Breaking News]Japanese astronaut Wakata

TOKYO, Japan, March 29 Kyodo -Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata attends a press conference in Tokyo on March 29, 2024. The 60-year-old, who completed five space missions, the most of any Japanese astronaut, will retire from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency at the end of March. (Kyodo)

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Japanese astronaut Wakata

Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata attends a press conference in Tokyo on March 29, 2024. The 60-year-old, who completed five space missions, the most of any Japanese astronaut, will retire from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency at the end of March.

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Japanese astronaut Wakata

Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata attends a press conference in Tokyo on March 29, 2024. The 60-year-old, who completed five space missions, the most of any Japanese astronaut, will retire from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency at the end of March.

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Japanese astronaut Wakata

Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata attends a press conference in Tokyo on March 29, 2024. The 60-year-old, who completed five space missions, the most of any Japanese astronaut, will retire from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency at the end of March.

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NASA's SpaceX Crew-7 Returns To Earth

Handout photo shows Support teams onboard the SpaceX recovery ship Shannon work around the SpaceX Dragon Endurance spacecraft shortly after it landed with with NASA astronauts Nicole Mann and Josh Cassada, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Anna Kikina onboard in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Tampa, Florida, Saturday, March 11, 2023. Mann, Cassada, Wakata, and Kikina are returning after 157 days in space as part of Expedition 68 aboard the International Space Station. Photo by NASA/Keegan Barber via ABACAPRESS.COM

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NASA's SpaceX Crew-7 Returns To Earth

Handout photo shows NASA Astronaut Nicole Mann is helped out of the SpaceX Dragon Endurance spacecraft onboard the SpaceX recovery ship Shannon shortly after she, along with NASA astronaut Josh Cassada, Roscosmos cosmonaut Anna Kikina, and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata, landed in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Tampa, Florida, Saturday, March 11, 2023. Mann, Cassada, Wakata, and Kikina are returning after 157 days in space as part of Expedition 68 aboard the International Space Station. Photo by NASA/Keegan Barber via ABACAPRESS.COM

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NASA's SpaceX Crew-7 Returns To Earth

Handout photo shows Roscosmos cosmonaut Anna Kikina is helped out of the SpaceX Dragon Endurance spacecraft onboard the SpaceX recovery ship Shannon shortly after she, along with NASA astronauts Josh Cassada, Nicole Mann, and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata, landed in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Tampa, Florida, Saturday, March 11, 2023. Mann, Cassada, Wakata, and Kikina are returning after 157 days in space as part of Expedition 68 aboard the International Space Station. Photo by NASA/Keegan Barber via ABACAPRESS.COM

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NASA's SpaceX Crew-7 Returns To Earth

Handout photo shows NASA Astronaut Josh Cassada is seen after being helped out of the SpaceX Dragon Endurance spacecraft onboard the SpaceX recovery ship Shannon shortly after he, along with NASA astronaut Nicole Mann, Roscosmos cosmonaut Anna Kikina, and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata, landed in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Tampa, Florida, Saturday, March 11, 2023. Mann, Cassada, Wakata, and Kikina are returning after 157 days in space as part of Expedition 68 aboard the International Space Station. Photo by NASA/Keegan Barber via ABACAPRESS.COM

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NASA's SpaceX Crew-7 Returns To Earth

Handout photo shows NASA Astronaut Josh Cassada waves after being helped out of the SpaceX Dragon Endurance spacecraft onboard the SpaceX recovery ship Shannon shortly after he, along with NASA astronaut Nicole Mann, Roscosmos cosmonaut Anna Kikina, and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata, landed in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Tampa, Florida, Saturday, March 11, 2023. Mann, Cassada, Wakata, and Kikina are returning after 157 days in space as part of Expedition 68 aboard the International Space Station. Photo by NASA/Keegan Barber via ABACAPRESS.COM

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NASA's SpaceX Crew-7 Returns To Earth

Handout photo shows Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata gives a thumbs up after being helped out of the SpaceX Dragon Endurance spacecraft onboard the SpaceX recovery ship Shannon shortly after he, along with NASA astronauts Nicole Mann, Josh Cassada, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Anna Kikina, landed in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Tampa, Florida, Saturday, March 11, 2023. Mann, Cassada, Wakata, and Kikina are returning after 157 days in space as part of Expedition 68 aboard the International Space Station. Photo by NASA/Keegan Barber via ABACAPRESS.COM

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NASA's SpaceX Crew-7 Returns To Earth

Handout photo shows Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata is seen after being helped out of the SpaceX Dragon Endurance spacecraft onboard the SpaceX recovery ship Shannon shortly after he, along with NASA astronauts Nicole Mann, Josh Cassada, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Anna Kikina, landed in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Tampa, Florida, Saturday, March 11, 2023. Mann, Cassada, Wakata, and Kikina are returning after 157 days in space as part of Expedition 68 aboard the International Space Station. Photo by NASA/Keegan Barber via ABACAPRESS.COM

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NASA's SpaceX Crew-7 Returns To Earth

Handout photo shows NASA Astronaut Nicole Mann is seen after being helped out of the SpaceX Dragon Endurance spacecraft onboard the SpaceX recovery ship Shannon shortly after she, along with NASA astronaut Josh Cassada, Roscosmos cosmonaut Anna Kikina, and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata, landed in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Tampa, Florida, Saturday, March 11, 2023. Mann, Cassada, Wakata, and Kikina are returning after 157 days in space as part of Expedition 68 aboard the International Space Station. Photo by NASA/Keegan Barber via ABACAPRESS.COM

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NASA's SpaceX Crew-7 Returns To Earth

Handout photo shows Support teams work around the SpaceX Dragon Endurance spacecraft shortly after it landed with with NASA astronauts Nicole Mann and Josh Cassada, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Anna Kikina onboard in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Tampa, Florida, Saturday, March 11, 2023. Mann, Cassada, Wakata, and Kikina are returning after 157 days in space as part of Expedition 68 aboard the International Space Station. Photo by NASA/Keegan Barber via ABACAPRESS.COM

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NASA's SpaceX Crew-7 Returns To Earth

Handout photo shows Support teams work around the SpaceX Dragon Endurance spacecraft shortly after it landed with with NASA astronauts Nicole Mann and Josh Cassada, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Anna Kikina onboard in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Tampa, Florida, Saturday, March 11, 2023. Mann, Cassada, Wakata, and Kikina are returning after 157 days in space as part of Expedition 68 aboard the International Space Station. Photo by NASA/Keegan Barber via ABACAPRESS.COM

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NASA's SpaceX Crew-7 Returns To Earth

Handout photo shows Support teams raise the SpaceX Dragon Endurance spacecraft onto the SpaceX recovery ship Shannon shortly after it landed with with NASA astronauts Nicole Mann and Josh Cassada, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Anna Kikina onboard in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Tampa, Florida, Saturday, March 11, 2023. Mann, Cassada, Wakata, and Kikina are returning after 157 days in space as part of Expedition 68 aboard the International Space Station. Photo by NASA/Keegan Barber via ABACAPRESS.COM

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NASA's SpaceX Crew-7 Returns To Earth

Handout photo shows The SpaceX Dragon Endurance spacecraft is seen as it lands with NASA astronauts Nicole Mann and Josh Cassada, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Anna Kikina onboard in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Tampa, Florida, Saturday, March 11, 2023. Mann, Cassada, Wakata, and Kikina are returning after 157 days in space as part of Expedition 68 aboard the International Space Station. Photo by NASA/Keegan Barber via ABACAPRESS.COM

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NASA's SpaceX Crew-7 Returns To Earth

Handout photo shows Support teams onboard the SpaceX recovery ship Shannon work around the SpaceX Dragon Endurance spacecraft shortly after it landed with with NASA astronauts Nicole Mann and Josh Cassada, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Anna Kikina onboard in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Tampa, Florida, Saturday, March 11, 2023. Mann, Cassada, Wakata, and Kikina are returning after 157 days in space as part of Expedition 68 aboard the International Space Station. Photo by NASA/Keegan Barber via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Sen. Kelly Hosts NASA SpaceX Crew-5 Mission Astronauts - Washington

United States Senator Mark Kelly (Democrat of Arizona), second left, shows the sights of the United States Capitol to NASA astronauts Nicole Mann, left, Josh Cassada, right center, and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Koichi Wakata, right, at the US Capitol in Washington, DC on Wednesday, June 7, 2023. Mann, Cassada and Wakata were part of the recently returned NASA’s SpaceX Crew-5 Mission to the International Space Station (ISS). Photo by Ron Sachs/CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Sen. Kelly Hosts NASA SpaceX Crew-5 Mission Astronauts - Washington

United States Senator Mark Kelly (Democrat of Arizona), top right, shows the sights of the United States Capitol to NASA astronauts Nicole Mann, left center, Josh Cassada, left, and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Koichi Wakata, right, center at the US Capitol in Washington, DC on Wednesday, June 7, 2023. Mann, Cassada and Wakata were part of the recently returned NASA’s SpaceX Crew-5 Mission to the International Space Station (ISS). Photo by Ron Sachs/CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Astronaut Wakata with children

Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata (facing camera) answers a question from a child during an event at an astronomical museum in Saitama, near Tokyo, on June 1, 2023. The 59-year-old completed his fifth space mission in March.

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Astronaut Wakata with children

Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata speaks during an event for children at an astronomical museum in Saitama, near Tokyo, on June 1, 2023. The 59-year-old completed his fifth space mission in March.

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Japanese astronaut Wakata

Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata gives an interview at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's office in Tokyo on May 29, 2023.

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Japanese astronaut Wakata

Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata gives an interview at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's office in Tokyo on May 29, 2023.

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Astronaut Wakata

Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata attends a press conference in Tokyo on May 24, 2023, after winding up his fifth space mission in March.

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Japan PM Kishida meets astronauts

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (C) poses for photos with astronauts Koichi Wakata (L) and Satoshi Furukawa of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency at the premier's office in Tokyo on May 17, 2023.

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Japan PM Kishida meets astronauts

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (R) meets astronauts Koichi Wakata (C) and Satoshi Furukawa of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency at the premier's office in Tokyo on May 17, 2023.

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Japan PM Kishida meets astronauts

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (C) poses for photos with astronauts Koichi Wakata (L) and Satoshi Furukawa of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency at the premier's office in Tokyo on May 17, 2023.

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Japanese astronauts Furukawa, Wakata

Japanese astronauts Satoshi Furukawa (R) and Koichi Wakata (L) pose for a photo with Japanese Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Minister Keiko Nagaoka in Tokyo on May 16, 2023. Furukawa is scheduled for a mission this year, while Wakata returned from space in March.

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NASA's SpaceX Crew-5 returns to Earth

STORY: NASA's SpaceX Crew-5 returns to Earth DATELINE: March 13, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:52 LOCATION: Washington D.C. CATEGORY: SCIENCE SHOTLIST: 1. various of NASA's astronauts 2. various of re-entry capsule opens its parachute 3. various of NASA's workers report landings in real time STORYLINE: NASA's SpaceX Crew-5 astronauts aboard the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft splashed down safely off the coast of the southeastern U.S. state of Florida on Saturday, NASA said. The four-member international crew, consisting of NASA astronauts Josh Cassada and Nicole Mann, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Koichi Wakata and Roscosmos cosmonaut Anna Kikina, returned to Earth in a parachute-assisted splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Tampa, Florida, at 9:02 p.m. Eastern Time (0202 Sunday GMT). The spacecraft was undocked from the International Space Station at 2:20 a.m. Saturday Eastern Time (0720GMT). The mission was launched from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Oct. 5 last year and docked

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Students communicate with astronaut Wakata in space

FUKUOKA, Japan - Students communicate directly with Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata, who is at the International Space Station, during an event at Kyushu University in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, on Feb. 4, 2014 for local elementary and junior high school students.

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Elementary school student tries on spacesuit

FUKUOKA, Japan - An elementary school student (2nd from L) tries on a spacesuit during an event for children held at Kyushu University in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, on Feb. 4, 2014, to communicate with Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata staying at the International Space Station.

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U.S. envoy Kennedy holds reception for astronaut Wakata

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy (L) talks with astronaut Koichi Wakata, who served as the first Japanese commander of the International Space Station, during a reception for him at the ambassador's official residence in Tokyo on Nov. 6, 2014.

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Astronaut Wakata, Mastracchio visit NASA center

WASHINGTON, United States - Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata (R) and NASA astronaut Richard Mastracchio (C) visit Goddard Space Flight Center in a Washington suburb on Sept. 17, 2014. The two astronauts viewed the operation of the Global Precipitation Measurement mission that helps improve the accuracy of weather reports.

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Astronaut Wakata honored in hometown parade

SAITAMA, Japan - Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata, who became the first Japanese to serve as commander of the International Space Station, waves to the crowd during a parade in Saitama, his hometown located north of Tokyo, on Aug. 20, 2014. Wakata returned to earth on May 14 after staying at the ISS from November, 2013.

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Astronaut Wakata pays courtesy call on PM Abe

TOKYO, Japan - Astronaut Koichi Wakata (L), the first Japanese commander of the International Space Station, presents Prime Minister Shinzo Abe with an autographed panel during a courtesy call at his office in Tokyo on Aug. 7, 2014. Wakata served as ISS commander in the last two months of his six-month mission from November 2013 during his fourth trip to space.

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Astronaut Wakata looks back on space mission in lecture

KOFU, Japan - Astronaut Koichi Wakata, the first Japanese commander of the International Space Station, tells the audience of some 650 people at Yamanashi Gakuin University in Kofu, on Aug. 2, 2014, about his six-month space mission.

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Astronaut Wakata recalls experience as commander of ISS

TOKYO, Japan - Astronaut Koichi Wakata speaks about his experience as the first Japanese commander of the International Space Station at a press conference in Tokyo, on July 29, 2014.

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Astronaut Wakata explains work as commander of ISS

TOKYO, Japan - Astronaut Koichi Wakata explains his work as the first Japanese commander of the International Space Station at a press conference in Tokyo, on July 29, 2014.

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Astronaut Wakata pays courtesy call on science minister

TOKYO, Japan - Astronaut Koichi Wakata (L), the first Japanese captain of the International Space Station, presents Hakubun Shimomura, minister of education, culture, sports, science and technology, with a commemorative panel at the minister's office in Tokyo on July 28, 2014. Wakata completed a six-month mission at the station in May 2014.

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Japanese astronaut Wakata speaks from Houston via video

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata speaks from Houston, Texas, to reporters in Tokyo in a video link on May 28, 2014, two weeks after returning to Earth following a six-month space mission.

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Astronaut Wakata returns to Earth

ZHEZKAZGAN, Kazakhstan - Astronaut Koichi Wakata, the first Japanese captain of the International Space Station, speaks to reporters after returning to Earth aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft in Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on May 14, 2014, following a six-month mission.

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Astronaut Wakata returns to Earth

ZHEZKAZGAN, Kazakhstan - Astronaut Koichi Wakata (C), the first Japanese captain of the International Space Station, walks out of a tent after receiving medical checks in Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on May 14, 2014. Wakata, who completed a six-month mission, returned to Earth earlier in the day aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft.

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Astronaut Wakata returns to Earth

ZHEZKAZGAN, Kazakhstan - Astronaut Koichi Wakata, the first Japanese captain of the International Space Station, smiles after returning to Earth aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft in Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on May 14, 2014, following a six-month mission.

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Astronaut Wakata returns to Earth

ZHEZKAZGAN, Kazakhstan - Astronaut Koichi Wakata, the first Japanese captain of the International Space Station, smiles after returning to Earth aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft in Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on May 14, 2014, following a six-month mission.

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Astronaut Wakata returns to Earth

ZHEZKAZGAN, Kazakhstan - Astronaut Koichi Wakata, the first Japanese captain of the International Space Station, holds a phone to his ear after landing aboard the Russian Soyuz spacecraft in Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on May 14, 2014. Wakata returned to Earth after completing a six-month mission.

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Astronaut Wakata returns to Earth

ZHEZKAZGAN, Kazakhstan - Astronaut Koichi Wakata, the first Japanese captain of the International Space Station, is carried after landing aboard the Russian Soyuz spacecraft in Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on May 14, 2014. Wakata returned to Earth after completing a six-month mission.

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Astronaut Wakata returns to Earth

ZHEZKAZGAN, Kazakhstan - Astronaut Koichi Wakata, the first Japanese captain of the International Space Station, smiles after landing aboard the Russian Soyuz spacecraft in Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on May 14, 2014. Wakata returned to Earth after completing a six-month mission.

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'Gagaku' music collaboration between Earth, space

TENRI, Japan - Students of Tenri University in Tenri, Nara Prefecture, western Japan, play "gagaku," traditional Japanese court music simultaneously with Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata at the International Space Station (on screen) on May 3, 2014. The event was part of NASA's education program for schools.

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Obama watches message by int'l space-station crew

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. President Barack Obama (R) watches a video message from International Space Station crew members including Koichi Wakata (C on the screen) at the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation, known as Miraikan, in Tokyo on April 24, 2014 (Pool photo) .

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Abe speaks to astronaut Wakata aboard ISS

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and others communicate with Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata (on screen monitor), captain of the International Space Station, at the Japanese experimental module Kibo via satellite on April 10, 2014. From left: U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy, Abe, Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Hakubun Shimomura and astronaut Akihiko Hoshide at the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo.