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IMMIGRANT OF THE DAY: AKIHIKO HOSHIDE - ASTRONAUT

By Greg Siskind

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OK, I'm not sure Akihiko Hoshide, the Japanese-born astronaut, technically counts as an immigrant right now. The astronaut on the American space shuttle Discovery is currently in space, though he'll be back on the ground Saturday after completing a mission where he helped to deliver a Japanese laboratory to the International Space Station. Hoshide has been training at the Johnson Space Center in Houston since 2004 for this mission and has been preparing to go to the space station since 1999. Good luck on the return to earth, Mr. Hoshide!

Full post as published by Greg Siskind's Blog on June 11, 2008 (boomark / email).

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