Japanese astronaut picked for Kibo launch mission

Takao Doi, the first Japanese astronaut to perform a spacewalk, may get a chance for a repeat performance on the space shuttle mission that will launch the Kibo Japanese Experiment Module to the International Space Station. NASA, the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and Japan's science...

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