>> STATION, HOUSTON, ARE YOU
READY FOR THE EVENT?
>> HOUSTON, STATION, I AM READY
FOR THE EVENT.
>> JAXA PAO, THIS IS MISSION
CONTROL HOUSTON.
PLEASE CALL THE SPACE STATION
FOR A VOICE CHECK.
>> THANK YOU.
>> STATION, THIS IS JAXA PAO,
HOW DO YOU HEAR ME?
>> JAXA PAO, I HEAR YOU LOUD AND
CLEAR.
>> HI.
HOW IS THE FOUND?
>> HELLO MR.HOSHIDE, I AM AT
THE JAXA HEADQUARTER PAO, NOW WE
WOULD LIKE TO START THE PRESS
CONFERENCE.
AT THE BEGINNING, MR.HOSHIDE,
WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A FEW
WORDS?
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
EVERYONE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH
FOR GATHERING TODAY.
I AM JAXA ASTRONAUT AKI HOSHIDE,
AM HERE AT THE JAPAN EXPERIMENT
MODULE OF ISS.
AND THIS IS MY THIRD FLIGHT TO
ISS.
I HAVE SPENT SIX MONTHS HERE.
MY END IS COMING, SO WHEN I LOOK
BACK AT THE LAST SIX MONTHS, AND
ESPECIALLY, THE FIRST FIVE
MONTHS, I HAD SERVED AS
COMMANDER OF ISS.
SO WHEN I LOOK BACK, I THINK OF
THINGS THAT HAPPENED.
I HAD EVA, THE NEW RUSSIAN
MODULE CAME, AND SPACECRAFT CAME
AND WENT, ALSO, THERE HAVE BEEN
MANY EXPERIMENTS CONDUCTED AND
SEVERAL PEOPLE HERE AT THE ISS
ALSO COLLABORATED WITH THE
CONTROL TEAM LOCATED IN
DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE WORLD AND
WE ACHIEVED QUITE A LOT OF
THINGS, I BELIEVE.
AND IN A FEW DAYS, WE ARE GOING
TO GO BACK DOWN TO THE EARTH.
I AM ALREADY MISSING THIS PLACE.
I LIKE TO MAKE SURE WE WILL DO
THE REST OF GOOD WORK HERE, SO
IT WILL BE PASSED ON TO THE NEXT
MEMBERS THAT ARE COMING TO THE
ISS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> LET'S GO THO THE FIRST
QUESTION.
>> YOU COMPLETED THE MISSION AS
SECOND JAPANESE COMMANDER OF THE
STATION.
WHAT WAS THE MOST MEMORABLE
EXPERIENCE?
ALSO WHICH WAS THE MOST
DIFFICULT FOR YOU?
ALSO THE MOST IMPORTANT THING
FOR TO YOU CREATE STRONG TEAM
WORK AMONG THE CREW AS ONE TEAM?
>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR QUESTION.
>> I SERVED AS THE STATION
COMMANDER FOR FIVE MONTHS.
WE HAVE A LOVE OF LABOR AMONG
THE CREW MEMBERS..
SO EACH CREW MEMBER HAD HIS OWN,
HER OWN TASK TO DO.
WE ENCOUNTERED MANY UNEXPECTED
THINGS, BUT WE WORKED TOGETHER
AND WE KNEW WHAT WE SHOULD DO IN
EACH ONE OF US COULD CARRY OUT
OUR OWN TASK SO I JUST WORK
AMONG THE CREWMEMBERS AND I JUST
LEFT IT UP TO THE EXPERIENCED
CREWMEMBERS AND EACH ONE OF US
WAS AWARE WHAT WE SHOULD DO, SO
LET US AS COMMANDER OF THE
STATION, I HAVE A VERY GOOD
MEMORY OF LAUGHING TOGETHER,
HAVING MEALS TOGETHER, WORKING
TOGETHER, AND ON SERIOUS
OCCASION, WE SMILED, LAUGHED,
HAD ENJOYABLE TIME TOGETHER.
AS A COMMANDER OF THE STATION,
I TRIED TO HAVE A SMOOTH
COMMUNICATION AMONG OURSELVES,
AMONG CREW MEMBERS, ALSO, THE
COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE CREW
AND THE PEOPLE ON THE GROUND, ON
THE EARTH.
WE TRIED TO HAVE A GOOD EXCHANGE
OF OBEDIENCE.
TRIED TO CREATE SUCH AN
ENVIRONMENT.
GOOD WORKING ENVIRONMENT.
THAT WAS THE THING THAT I LIKED
TO, I WANTED TO DO IT SMOOTHLY
AS A COMMANDER.
>> SO IN THE SIX MONTHS OF THE
LONG DURATION STAY.
YOU HAD THE THEME YOU CAN
REALIZE THE DREAM WHAT WAS THE
MOST IMPRESSIVE THING, THAT WAS
SOMETHING THAT YOU FELT,
ACHIEVEMENT, ALSO, IN THE TIMES,
YOU HAD THE LONGEST HOURS OF
DOING EVA AS A JAPANESE SO SHARE
YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT?
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION.
YES.
REGARDING EVA, I HAD MY FOURTH
EVA, I UNDERSTANDS THAT'S THE
LONGEST AMONG THE JAPANESE.
WE LOOKED AT THE RECORD OF ALL
THE EVA AND THE RECORD IN THE
WORLD, PEOPLE HAVE GREAT SKILLS
AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS AT EACH OF
THOSE ASTRONAUTS DID, SO THEY
JUST HAPPENED TO BE THE FOURTH
TIME FOR MYSELF, SO BUT, OF
COURSE, I BELIEVED THAT PEOPLE
WOULD BREAK THE RECORD AND IF I
WERE TO DO MY NEXT EVA, I WOULD
BREAK MY RECORD, AND ALSO, THE
NEW ASTRONAUTS OF JAPANESE TO DO
MORE EVA, THAT IS LASS GOOD
THING, AND IN THIS MISSION--
CUE REPEAT THE FIRST QUESTION?
>> SO DURING THE DURATION
MISSION, YOU HAD A THEME OF YOU
CAN REALIZE YOUR DREAM.
WHAT WAS THE MOST IMPRESSIVE?
DID YOU HAVE A BIGGEST
IMPRESSION AS MEMORY?
>> THANK YOU.
HAD A THEME OF YOU CAN REALIZE
YOUR DREAM.
I, MYSELF, HAD A DREAM OF COMING
TO THE SPACE, AND I REALIZED
THAT DREAM THREE TIMES.
SO IN THOSE THREE TIMES OF
COMING TO THE ISS, IF I TAKE THE
EXPERIMENT MODULE I CAN SEE,
THIS IS EVOLVING, BECAUSE IN MY
FIRST FLIGHT, I HAD A ROLE OF
ASSEMBLY THIS EXPERIMENT MODE
AND IT WAS BRAND-NEW.
THEN THE SECOND TIME, I COULD
SEE THAT IT WAS BEING WELL
UTILIZED AND THIS TIME, I CAN
SEE THAT IT IS VERY WELL HEAVILY
OUT UTILIZED.
THEREFORE, EXPERIMENT MODULE,
ALSO, INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION, I THINK THOSE ARE THE
TREASURE OF HUMANITY AND THOSE
BEING UTILIZED, IN ORDER TO
REALIZE THE DREAM OF THE WHOLE
HUMANITY.
THERE ARE VARIOUS EXPERIMENTS ,
SCIENCE, ALSO ENGINEERING
DEMONSTRATIONS, AND UPGRADING,
SO ALL OF THOSE TASKS CONDUCTED
BY TEAMS AND PEOPLE ARE THOSE
REALLY THE REALIZATION OF DREAMS
FOR DIFFERENT PEOPLE AND I
BELIEVE THAT WE ARE HELPING ALL
OF THOSE PEOPLE'S DREAMS TO COME
TRUE.
THANK YOU.
DURING YOUR TIME IN SPACE, HOW
DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THE GROWTH OF
SPACE STATION AND THE NEW ERA
WHERE PRIVATE CITIZENS ARE GOING
TO SPACE?
HOW DO YOU WANT CHILDREN TO FEEL
ABOUT THAT?
>> COMMERCIAL COMPANIES ARE
TRYING TO GO INTO SPACE, AND I
HOPE THEY MAKE PROGRESS.
THE CREW DRAGON THAT WE USED WAS
DEVELOPED BY SPACEX, THE
COMMERCIAL SPACESHIP, THE
COMPANY OF THE UNITED STATES, SO
I FEEL THAT WE'RE NOW ENTERING
THE NEW ERA.
PRIVATE COMPANIES ARE MAKING
INROADS INTO SPACE.
THAT MEANS THAT THERE ARE MORE
OPPORTUNITIES ON THE EARTH
SPREADING TO VARIOUS PEOPLE SO
IN THAT SENSE, AS A PERSON
BRINGING THIS THE SPACE FIELD, I
THINK IT IS QUITE GOOD THING
THAT I WELCOMED SUCH TRENDS AND
I HOPE MORE PEOPLE MORE PEOPLE
EXPERIENCE THE SPACE AND CREATE
A NEW CULTURE.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> SO THIS MAY BE SIMILAR TO THE
EARLIER QUESTIONS.
>> ON THE OTHER HAND, BECAUSE OF
THE PANDEMIC SITUATION, THERE IS
A MOVEMENT AND ATTENTION OF
GLOBAL WARMING IS ATTRACTING THE
PEOPLE AND THE CONFERENCES NOW
PLANNED SHORTLY FOR THE LEADERS
TO COME TOGETHER, SO FOR THE
ISS, I KNEW THERE WOULD BE
VARIOUS EXPERIMENTS CONDUCTED IN
RELATION, SO DID YOU HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO RETHINK ABOUT
THAT DIGITALIZATION DURING YOUR
STAY?
>> THANKS FOR THE QUESTION.
YES.
IN TERMS OF DIGITIZATION, I
GUESS, THINGS HAVE CHANGED A
LOT.
THE GROUND TECHNOLOGY HAVE
ADVANCED A LOT, AND WE ALSO ARE
TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THAT
DEVELOPMENT, THAT FOR EXAMPLE,
SCHEDULES FOR THOSE
ELECTRONICALLY MADE AND THOSE
USED TO BE PC ON THE LAPTOP, PC,
BUT NOW WE CAN USE TABLET.
ALSO, THE INTERNET ENVIRONMENT
IN ISS HAVE IMPROVED A LOT
BECAUSE THE SPEEDY CONNECTION ON
THE GROUND AND THE MORE VOLUME
CAPABILITIES SO OUR INTERNET
HAVE ALSO BEEN UPGRADED SO JUST
LIKE HAND-IN-HAND WITH THE
CAPABILITY ACCOUNTS SO WE NOW
ARE USING THOSE INTERNETS SO IT
IS ALSO CONNECTED TO THE
STRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS AND IN
RELATION TO ENVIRONMENTAL IN A
LOOK OUT, DOWN THE EARTH.
SO WHEN YOU ARE IN SPACE, YOU
SEE IT US VERY CLEAR THAT THE
ATMOSPHERE IS VERY LIMITED
BECAUSE IF YOU GO OUT OF THAT
ATMOSPHERE, IT IS SPACE.
I CAN REALLY FEEL IT.
WHEN WE LOOK INSIDE OF THE ISS,
THEY HAVE TO THOSE, FOR EXAMPLE,
AIR, WATER, THOSE HAVE TO BE
RECYCLED, THAT SCALE IF YOU ARE
GOING TO GO THOUGH MOON AND
MARS, SO DEMONSTRATIONS, THOSE
TECHNOLOGIES ARE BEING MADE AT
THE MOMENT THAT ISS AS WELL AND
THAT KIND OF TECHNOLOGY IS TO BE
ADVANCED AND THEN, WE WERE THERE
AND CON, BUTTE WHAT IS HAPPENING
TO US.
>> AS A COMMANDER OF THE
STATION, HOW DID YOU OVERCOME
UNEXPECTED EVENTS.
FOR EXAMPLE, AT IN THE OF THE
JULY, A RUSSIAN EXPERIMENT
MODULE WAS DOCKED WITH THE
STATION AND THAT COSTS THE ISS
TO ROTATE ONE AND A HALF ROUND,
A WAS THE SITUATION INSIDE OF
THE STATION?
HOW DID YOU FEEL AT THAT TIME?
>> THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.
YES, NEW RUSSIAN EXPERIMENT
MODULE WAS DOCKED AFTER THE
DOCKING, WE, THE STATION LOST
CONTROL OF ITS ALTITUDE, OF
COURSE, WE HAD SUCH A TRAINING
ON THE EARTH AND EXPECTATION OF
SUCH EVENT, BUT WE NEVER
EXPERIENCED SUCH EVENTS UNTIL
THAT TIME, SO WE WORKED TOGETHER
WITH A TEAM ON THE GROUND TO
OVERCOME THIS PROBLEM.
THE CONTROLLER.
THE CONTROL TEAM OF THE GROUND
GAVE US INSTRUCTIONS BUT WHEN WE
LOSE THE CONTROL OF ALTITUDE AND
SOMETIMES WE LOSE COMMUNICATION
LINK WITH THE EARTH AND SO WE
HAD A CLOSE COMMUNICATION, AND
CLOSELY, AND WE CHECKED WE HAVE
COMPLETED THE PROCEDURE TO THIS
POINT AND THE NEXT TIME, WE HAVE
TO GO THROUGH SUCH PROCEDURE SO
WE HAD A CLOSE COMMUNICATION,
AND AS A TEAM.
ALL OF THE MEMBERS OF THE TEAM
RESPONDED TO THIS, WELL, THIS
PROBLEM.
EACH OF US WAS AWARE OF WHAT WE
SHOULD DO, SO I WAS KIND OF THE
COORDINATING OVERALL AND MADE
OVERALL COORDINATION IN THAT
EVENT.
>> SO I CAN SEE THIS IS A WORK
ENVIRONMENT.
HOSHIDE, YOU SAID THE REMAINING
MISSION, DO YOU HAVE ONE WEEK
BEFORE YOU DEPART ISS.
ARE FROM ANYTHING THAT YOU
FAILED TO REALIZE?
WHAT DO YOU WANT TOP DO.
WELL, I HAVE TO DO ALL OF THE
REMAINING WORK.
I HAVE TO PREPARE THE
ENVIRONMENT AND FOR THE NEXT
CREWS THAT ARE COMING, SO BEFORE
ME, UNDERSTAND HE WAS HERE AND
HE HAD THAT GOOD HANDLE TO
MYSELF AND THAT WAY, I COULD
START SMOOTHLY.
I WOULD LIKE TO DO THE SAME AND
I WOULD LIKE TO DO THE HAND OVER
IN DETAIL SUCH AS THE LIVING
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION AND
ALSO, THE EXPERIMENTS HAD TO BE
CONDUCTED AND EXPERIMENT MODULE.
>> YOU BETWEEN ASK BUT THE
STATION.
THE ASSEMBLY STATION STARTED IN
OR BIT IN 1988 AND THE STATION
HAS BEEN IN OPERATION FOR MORE
THAN 20 YEARS.
AS FAR AS COMPONENTS AND SYSTEMS
TO GET OBSOLETE, SO HOW SHOULD
WE ADDRESS THIS ROB?
WHAT KIND OF PROBLEMS DO WE
FACE?
>> WE TEND TO LOOK AT THAT
ASPECT BECAUSE THE STATION HAS
BEEN IN OPERATION FOR 20 YEARS,
BUT IT IS ALSO THE FACT THAT
SUCH OBSOLETE SYSTEMS ARE BEING
REPLACED AND UPGRADED.
I SAID THAT YOU ARE ENJOYING THE
VERY GOOD INTERNET ENVIRONMENT
THAT IT IS GETTING FASTER, HIGH
SPEED, AND ONE GOOD EXAMPLE OF
HOW THE ENVIRONMENT IN THE
STATION IS GETTING CLOSE TO THE
ENVIRONMENT ON THE EARTH.
FOR EXAMPLE, WE INSTALLED A NEW
SOLAR PANEL, SO THIS WAY, THE
ENTIRE STATION IS BEING UPGRADED
AND REINFORCED, SO WHETHER THAN
SAYING, IT IS GETTING OLD, WE
ARE INCORPORATING NEW SYSTEMS,
AND WE SHOULD SAY, THE STATION
IS EVOLVING.
>> THANK VERY.
LASTLY WIRE LIKE TO ASK
MR.HOSHIDE TO SAY A FEW WORDS
US TO.
>> THANK YOU.
HE SO I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO
STAY ON ISS FOR SIX MONTHS, AND
IN THIS WAS MY THIRD MISSION TO
ISS, AND I HAD GREAT COLLEAGUE
TO DO THE WORK UP HERE AS WE
CONDUCTED VARIOUS EXPERIMENTS
AND THOSE TO BE CONTINUING TO
THE GROUND WORK, I BELIEVE, AND
ALSO, IN THE NEAR FUTURE, HE
WOULD BE GOING TO MOON AND MARS
AND SO THERE HAD BEEN SOME WORK
IN PREP PREPARATION FOR THAT
EXPLANATION.
NEXT YEAR WE ARE GOING TO HAVE
MR.LOCKHART TO COME UP.
THEN AFTER THIS, HE IS GOING TO
GOING TO COME TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
SO PLEASE CONTINUE TO SUPPORT US
AND WE ALSO ARE RECRUITING NEW
CLASS OF ASTRONAUTS SO PLEASE, A
CHALLENGE TO THIS RECRUITMENT
THAT OUR MEMBER AND BECAUSE HERE
AT THE MOON, THE ALMOST MIT IS
THE SKY OR THE SPACE SORB WHERE
WHENEVER I COME UP, I ALWAYS
FEEL THAT WAY, SO I AM LOOKING
FORWARD TO HAVING A MORE
COLLEAGUES JOINING TO US, SO
TODAY, AND ON THE GROUND THERE
IS STILL A PANDEMIC SITUATION,
BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR
INTEREST TO US.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU, MR.HOSHIDE, THANK
VERY MUCH.
WITH THIS WE WOULD LIKE TO
FINISH THIS PROPOSE CONFERENCE
IN A HOPE THAT WE'LL ENJOY THE
REMAINING STAY AT THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> STATION THIS IS HOUSTON.
THAT CONCLUDES THE EVENT.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU TO ALL THE
PARTICIPANT, JAXA, ALL THE
PARTIES PAYING MEDIA, ISS WILL
NOW BE RESUME K OPERATIONAL