Key facts
- Born
- ( 1968-12-28 ) December 28, 1968 (age 57) , Setagaya, Tokyo , Japan
- Alma mater
- Keio University , University of Houston
- Occupation
- Engineer
- Status
- Active
- Time in space
- 340 days, 11 hours, 41 minutes
- Selection
- 1999 NASDA Group
- Total eva time
- 28 hours, 17 minutes
- Missions
- STS-124 Soyuz TMA-05M ( Expedition 32 / 33 ) SpaceX Crew-2 ( Expedition 65 / 66 )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Akihiko
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Japan
- Place of birth
- Setagaya
- Occupation
- astronaut
- Educated at
- United World College of South East Asia
- Languages spoken
- Japanese
- Image
- Akihoshide.jpg
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- Commons category
- Hoshide Akihiko
- member of the crew of
- Expedition 65
- date of birth
- 1968-12-28
- name in kana
- ほしで あきひこ
- time in space
- 490270
- name in native language
- 星出彰彦
- social media followers
- 134064
- P450
- SpaceX Crew-2
- member of
- Expedition 65
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Encyclopedic overview
Akihiko Hoshide (Japanese: 星出 彰彦, Hepburn: Hoshide Akihiko; born December 28, 1968) is a Japanese engineer, JAXA astronaut, and former commander of the International Space Station. On August 30, 2012, Hoshide became the third Japanese astronaut to walk in space.
Early life and education
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Akihiko Hoshide” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.