Japanese astronaut selected for Station assembly mission

Japanese Astronaut Koichi Wakata will fly on STS-92, the third Space Shuttle mission to assemble the International Space Station set for Jan. 1, 1999, on Atlantis, NASA Administrator Daniel S. Goldin and Japanese Science and Technology Agency Minister Riichiro Chikaoka announced in Japan yesterday...

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