A SpaceX rocket carrying a new crew to the International Space Station is scheduled to launch from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Friday night.

Takuya was born in 1975 and was selected as an astronaut in 2009. Before joining JAXA, he was a pilot for All Nippon Airways, accumulating over 3,700 flight hours flying the Boeing 767. This was the second mission to space, following his previously successful mission with JAXA.

The Crew-10 mission will send four astronauts to the space station to take over for Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams’ crew, finally allowing their return home.