NASA’s SpaceX Crew-2 Astronauts at the Japanese Ambassador’s

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Akihiko Hoshide is seen with Koji Tomita, Japan's Ambassador to the US, Thursday, June 9, 2022, at the Japanese Ambassador’s Residence in Washington, DC. Hoshide, NASA astronauts Shane Kimbrough and Megan McArthur, and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Thomas Pesquet flew on NASA’s SpaceX Crew-2 mission, the second crew rotation mission to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program, and spent 198 days aboard the orbiting laboratory as part of Expeditions 65 and 66. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)