Background
Hoshide, Akihiko was born in 1968 in Tokyo, Japan.
Hoshide, Akihiko was born in 1968 in Tokyo, Japan.
Bachelor of Electrical Engineering, Keio University, 1992. Master of Science in Aerospace Engineering, University Houston Cullen College Engineering, 1997.
With National Space Development Agency Japan (NASDA), 1992—1994, astronaut support engineer, astronaut office, 1994—1999. Astronaut National Space Development Agency Japan (NASDA) (now JAXA-Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency because of merge Institute Space & Astronautic Science and National Aerospace Laboratory Japan), since 2001. Completed Soyuz Turnaround Management Association Flight Engineer-1 training Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center, Star City, Russia, 2004.
Astronaut National Aeronautics and Space Administration, since 2004. Mission specialist STS-124 Mission (Discovery), mission to International STS-124 Mission (Discovery), mission to International Space Station to launch components to complete Japanese Kibo Laboratory, 2008.
Member of Japan Society Aeronautical and Space Sciences.