[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)

Japanese astronaut Wakata

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.

Japanese astronaut Wakata

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.

Japanese astronaut Wakata

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.

Somali boy's peaceful dream takes flight on China's space station

STORY: Somali boy's peaceful dream takes flight on China's space station DATELINE: Sept. 14, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:51 LOCATION: Mogadishu CATEGORY: CULTURE/SCIENCE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the award ceremony 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): OMAR MOHAMUD, Kawkib Mohamud's father 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): FEI SHENGCHAO, Chinese Ambassador to Somalia 4. various of paintings STORYLINE: The Chinese Embassy in Somalia on Wednesday awarded a six-year-old Somali boy whose painting was among the top 10 winners of the "My Dream" painting competition. The competition was co-hosted by the secretariat of the Chinese Follow-up Committee of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation, the China Manned Space Engineering Office, and the Chinese missions in Africa. The Somali boy, Kawkib Mohamud, won the first prize with his dove-themed painting, which is one of 10 paintings that was exhibited at China's Tiangong space station by the Shenzhou-16 taikonauts who are currently on a five-month exploration mission. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): OMAR

Japan's Yui, colleagues return to Earth after 5-month stay at ISS

Japan's Yui, colleagues return to Earth after 5-month stay at ISS

Japanese astronaut Kimiya Yui smiles after a Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying Yui and two colleagues working at the International Space Station landed on a Kazakhstan plain on Dec. 11, 2015, after their nearly five-month missions. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japan's Yui, colleagues return to Earth after 5-month stay at ISS

Japan's Yui, colleagues return to Earth after 5-month stay at ISS

Japanese astronaut Kimiya Yui (C) is lifted out of a Russian Soyuz spacecraft after it landed on a Kazakhstan plain on Dec. 11, 2015. Yui and two colleagues working at the International Space Station returned to Earth after completing their nearly five-month missions. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japan's Yui, colleagues return to Earth after 5-month stay at ISS

Japan's Yui, colleagues return to Earth after 5-month stay at ISS

Japanese astronaut Kimiya Yui (R) gives a thumbs up after a Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying him and two colleagues working at the International Space Station landed on a Kazakhstan plain on Dec. 11, 2015, following their nearly five-month missions. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japan's Yui, colleagues return to Earth after 5-month stay at ISS

Japan's Yui, colleagues return to Earth after 5-month stay at ISS

Japanese astronaut Kimiya Yui smiles after a Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying Yui and two colleagues working at the International Space Station landed on a Kazakhstan plain on Dec. 11, 2015, after their nearly five-month missions. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo