Japanese astronaut Onishi to travel into space on June 24

TOKYO. KAZINFORM - Japanese astronaut Takuya Onishi will travel into space on June 24 in a Russian Soyuz spacecraft and stay at the International Space Station for around four months to conduct various experiments, the Japanese space agency said Friday.

The spacecraft will lift off at 3:41 p.m. Japan time from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency said. The 40-year-old Onishi will be aboard the spacecraft with two other astronauts from the United States and Russia.
During his stay at the ISS, Onishi will work to release a small satellite from the Japanese laboratory unit Kibo, the agency said.
Source: Kyodo