经过20多年的发展后,国际空间站日本实验舱段“希望”号将在2008年搭乘美国航天飞机发射升空,从而开辟日本载人航天探索的新纪元。日本虽然不像俄罗斯、美同和中国这样拥有完整的载人航天体系,但也在载人航天领域进行着不懈的努力。截至目前,日本共有8人获得了航天员资格。而参与国际空间站项目并研制“希望”号实验舱,标志着日本载人航天技术取得了巨大的进步。 After more than 20 years of development, the ISS Japan Experiment Section “Hope” will be launched by the US space shuttle in 2008 to launch a new era of Japanese manned space exploration. Although Japan does not have a complete manned space system like Russia, the United States and China, it also makes unremitting efforts in the field of manned spaceflight. As of now, a total of eight Japanese people have won astronaut qualifications. The participation in the ISS project and the development of the “Hope” experimental module marked a tremendous improvement in Japan’s manned space technology.