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Akio Koike

@AkioKoike34

Aerospace Engineer. Flight Director. Nihon Univ 1988-92. Scitech RB#25, Thunderbirds RB#34. ISU SSP96. With Funny son & Cute wife. My tweets are my own.

Joined September 2010
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#ICYMI: The @SpaceX Dragon Endeavour spacecraft carrying four #Crew8 members undocked from the space station at 5:05pm ET on Wednesday, Oct. 23, for a splashdown at 3:29am on Friday off the coast of Florida.


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NASA and SpaceX now are targeting no earlier than 5pm ET Wednesday, Oct. 23, for the agency’s #Crew8 mission return from @Space_Station aboard @SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft. An undocking on Oct. 23 would result in a splashdown on Friday, Oct. 25. More: go.nasa.gov/4ePD6Wg


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Weather conditions near the multiple splashdown sites off Florida’s coast remain unfavorable for the return of NASA’s SpaceX #Crew8 mission from @Space_Station Forecasts remain marginal for an undocking on Tuesday, Oct. 22, and Wednesday, Oct. 23. If weather conditions…

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Mission managers continue to monitor weather conditions near splashdown zones off the Florida coast ahead NASA’s SpaceX #Crew8 mission return from @Space_Station If conditions improve, NASA and SpaceX will target NET 3:05am ET Oct. 18 for undocking: go.nasa.gov/3YrBJri


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Welcome home! The Soyuz MS-25 spacecraft, with NASA astronaut Tracy C. Dyson and cosmonauts Nikolai Chub and Oleg Kononenko aboard, landed in Kazakhstan at 7:59am ET today. More… go.nasa.gov/3BnIf96


Increment 71 is over. It was first time for me to take the inc lead role after inc 46 in 2015-16. Was exciting everyday and enjoyed working with such a great team. So much proud of them and cannot thank them enough. Arigato!

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With the undocking of Soyuz 71S (MS-25) from @Space_Station, it marks the transition from Expedition 71 to 72. The simple patch design of Exp72 highlights the configuration of the ISS with its six roll-out solar arrays augmenting the station's power generation system.

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The Soyuz MS-25 spacecraft, with three crewmates aboard, undocked from the space station’s Prichal module at 4:36am ET today and is headed for a parachute-assisted landing in Kazakhstan later this morning at 7:59am. More… go.nasa.gov/3TCugTc


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The departing trio closed the hatch on the Soyuz MS-25 spacecraft at 1:02am ET and is preparing to undock from the space station at 4:37am. More… go.nasa.gov/47zU346

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Soyuz MS-25/71S: Kononenko (at left below) and Chub are closing out a 374-day stay in space - a new single flight record for ISS crew members - while Dyson is wrapping up a more traditional 6-month tour of duty; at touchdown, Kononenko will have logged a record 1,111 days in…

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It’s been great working with you. Exp28 is one of my best memories. Good luck @Carbon_Flight

After over 9600 hours in the “front room” as an OSO, TITAN, and @NASAFltDirector, for @Space_Station, @NASAArtemis, and @BoeingSpace, today I served my last shift on console. I’m humbled and honored to have been able to do this for 23 years, 14.5 as certified FD.

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The Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft hatch was officially opened at 5:58pm ET where @NASA_Astronauts Don Pettit and cosmonauts Alexey Ovichinin and Ivan Vagner were welcomed by the current crew on the International @Space_Station


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#Starliner landed today at White Sands Space Harbor in New Mexico at 12:01 a.m. ET on Sept. 7 (10:01 p.m. MT on Sept. 6). Teams on the ground welcomed the spacecraft and are now preparing to transport Starliner back to Florida for analysis and refurbishment. More:…

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Starliner is undocking from the ISS.

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.@NASA_Astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore called down to flight controllers today to thank teams for their support before the uncrewed @Boeing #Starliner spacecraft returns to Earth.


Imagine…

Ok, this is amazing: 1/ Canadian and Brazilian players are having a heated chat at the net during the women’s beach volleyball gold medal match 2/ DJ plays John Lennon’s ‘Imagine’ 3/ Players look at one another and smile 4/ Crowd starts singing along



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Starliner to the stars! ✨ At 10:52am ET, @BoeingSpace #Starliner lifted off on a @ULALaunch Atlas V for the first time with @NASA_Astronauts aboard. This Crew Flight Test aims to certify the spacecraft for routine space travel to and from the @Space_Station


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“Go” to proceed with launch! @NASA and @BoeingSpace teams polled "go" for the launch of the agency’s Boeing Crew Flight Test to @Space_Station at 12:25pm ET June 1 during today’s Delta-Agency Flight Test Readiness Review. Weather officers with @SLDelta45 predict 90% favorable…

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NASA, @BoeingSpace, and @ulalaunch are now are targeting no earlier than 3:09pm ET May 25 for the launch of the agency's Boeing Crew Flight Test mission. Teams will use the additional time to finalize next steps that address a stable helium leak on the #Starliner service module.…

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