Akihiko Hoshide, born December 28, 1968 in Tokyo, Japan, has flown on the Space Shuttle and Soyuz to the International Space Station. He is the third Japanese astronaut to conduct an EVA.
His first mission was aboard Discovery (STS-124) May-June 2008 as a mission specialist.
His second flight was aboard Soyuz TMA-05M, launched in July 2012 to the ISS as part of Expeditions 32 and 33. It was during this time he performed EVAs with Suni Williams.
In 2014, he commanded NEEMO 18, an undersea exploration mission at NASA's Aquarius underwater laboratory.
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