As part of the selection for the astronaut corps of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), two individuals successfully passed all the tests. They passed the relevant exams and had interviews. agency writes Kyodo With reference to sources in the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan.
Makoto Suwa, 46, who scored the best in the tests, is a disaster prevention specialist at the World Bank. Another new astronaut is 28-year-old Ayu Yoneda, a surgeon at the Japanese Red Cross Medical Center in Tokyo.
They will join JAXA as astronaut candidates and complete two years of training. If they enroll in the detachment, they will work on the International Space Station (ISS). Perhaps they will enter the Artemis lunar exploration program of the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
Detachment recruitment in Japan was carried out for the first time in 13 years.
It was previously reported that two astronauts came from the USA and Japan. complete spacewalk to install solar panels